I just found the lyric
"Peaches in the summertime
Apples in the fall
If I can't have the one I love
I won't have none at all"
in the "Traditional" song Shady Grove, as recorded by Crooked Still, 2004. I knew I'd heard the words before, and here I am.
This CD is from 2003. I looked further, the words are definitely from Shady Grove, at least as far back as 1966 by Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys. The song is as old as 1915, may go back to England or Scotland.
I just found the lyric "Peaches in the summertime Apples in the fall If I can't have the one I love I won't have none at all" in the "Traditional" song Shady Grove, as recorded by Crooked Still, 2004. I knew I'd heard the words before, and here I am. This CD is from 2003. I looked further, the words are definitely from Shady Grove, at least as far back as 1966 by Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys. The song is as old as 1915, may go back to England or Scotland.