The Ink Spots Miscellaneous In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree In the Shade Of the Old Apple Tree The Ink Spots Words by Harry H. Williams and Music by Egbert Van Alstyne Four versions charted in 1905: Henry Burr (# 1); Albert Campbell (# 2); The Haydn Quartet (# 2); and Arthur Pryor's Band (# 9) Re-made to # 13 in 1933 by Duke Ellington In the shade of the old apple tree Where the love in your eyes I could see When the voice that I heard like the song of a bird Seemed to whisper sweet music to me I could hear the dull buzz of the bee In the blossoms as you said to me "With a heart that is true, I'll be waiting for you" "In the shade of the old apple tree" I could hear the dull buzz of the bee In the blossoms as you said to me "With a heart that is true, I'll be waiting for you" "In the shade of the old apple tree"