Name: Apple Blossom Time
Duration: P00H02M38S
Description: This track started off as an instrumental guitar duet, with a section in a minor key in the middle. Once the lyrics were liberated, that section went off the record and the second guitar got replaced by fiddle, accordion and recorder. Much more satisfying, especially with the crooked 2 step rhythm.

Apple Blossom Time

from A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance by Chris Rawlings and Anne Lederman with Peter Jellard and Steve Sherman

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$0.75 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Digipack format with shrink wrap.

Includes unlimited streaming of A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 2 days

edition of 200

$17 USD or more
Full Digital Discography

10

releases

Get all 10 Chris Rawlings releases available on Bandcamp and save 40%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, DJ special, Northern Spirits, Autumn Gold, Laurentian Flutes/Flutes des Laurentides, under saturn's wheel, Rocks and Water, and 2 more. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

$26.64 USD or more (40% OFF)

about

This track started off as an instrumental guitar duet, with a section in a minor key in the middle. Once the lyrics were liberated, that section went off the record and the second guitar got replaced by fiddle, accordion and recorder. Much more satisfying, especially with the crooked 2 step rhythm.

lyrics

Chorus
Oh Cherie, come a little closer in the moonlight
Don't you love apple blossom time
Oh Cherie, come a little closer will you kiss me
One more time, tell me that you're mine

Out on the tractor in the afternoon
Juicing apples by the light of the moon
Play a little guitar drink a little wine'
Got to tell you 'bout a plan of mine

Chorus
Oh Cherie, come a little closer in the moonlight
Don't you love apple blossom time
Oh Cherie, come a little closer will you kiss me
One more time, tell me that you're mine

Can't count on the sun, can't count on the rain
Never know when pain is gain
How 'm I gonna prove my love is true
When I'm stuck here in the kitchen with the apple jack blues

Chorus
Oh Cherie, come a little closer in the moonlight
Don't you love apple blossom time
Oh Cherie, come a little closer will you kiss me
One more time, tell me that you're mine

credits

from A Whistle, a Tune, a Song and a Dance, released January 8, 2020
Chris: guitar, recorder (soprano), Anne (fiddle/vocal), Peter (Accordion/vocal), Steve (percussion)

license

about

Chris Rawlings Toronto, Ontario

Chris Rawlings is a honey-baritone singer, nimble-fingered guitar picker and gifted song-writer noted for his originality.

Rawlings embraces quick and complex chords and intricate harmonic and rhythmic structures. He adds authenticity to Celtic jigs and reels with a masterful touch on the recorder.
He charms with an easy voice that goes right to the heart.
See YouTube: Song of the Old Bush Pilot ... more

contact / help

Contact Chris Rawlings

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Chris Rawlings, you may also like:

Strand
by James Lindsay

A dark, atmospheric blend of instrumental folk and contemporary jazz, exploring the unusual settings of traditional melodic ideas. Bandcamp New & Notable May 30, 2017
go to album
Mind, Man, Medicine
by The Secret Sisters

The Alabama duo's fifth album exults in dusty Americana, showcasing rich vocal harmonies alongside blissful folk instrumentation. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 31, 2024
go to album
Little Sun
by Charlie Parr

More contemplative folk from the Minnesota singer-songwriter, sustained by raw full-band arrangements and philosophical lyrics. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 28, 2024
go to album
Cold Sea
by Oisin Leech

Irish singer-songwriter Oisin Leech's acoustic folk music is characterized by its muted beauty and intimate, solitary quality. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 16, 2024
go to album
Various Artists - Gaza Calling
by Nuovo Canzoniere Partigiano

featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 15, 2024
go to album
Space Bath
by Sami Freeman, feat. James Jackson, Beaunoise, Mia Pixley

A gorgeous journey through a kaleidoscopic array of sonic approaches melted together that feels old and new at the same time. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 5, 2024
go to album
Ship To Shore
by Richard Thompson

The legendary Richard Thompson's new solo album exemplifies his many musical paths, from pop and cabaret to jazz to traditional folk. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2024
go to album