- Grade: Third
- Origin: England – Folk Song
- Key: C Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: AA
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ti ti |
| ti ti ti ta (ti) | ta/ ta/ | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation - Pitches: intermediate: Do Mi Fa So La Do
- Intervals: intermediate: Do8\So, So\Mi, So\Do, Do/Do ascending tonic octave skip, Do/La
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth, syncopation
- Key Words: world geography, England, buried, dead, grew, apple tree, ripe, fall, gather, rose, drop, hippety hop, saddle, bridle, lie, shelf, want, yourself, hee haw
| 1. | Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead, Hee haw, buried and dead. There grew an old apple tree over his head, Hee haw, over his head. |
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The apples were ripe and ready to fall, Hee haw, ready to fall. There came an old woman to gather them all, Hee haw, gather them all. |
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| 3. | Oliver rose and he gave her a drop, Hee-haw, gave her a drop, Which made the old woman go hippety hop, Hee-haw, hippety hop. |
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| 4. | The saddle and bridle, they lie on the shelf, Hee haw, lie on the shelf. If you want any more you can sing it yourself, Hee haw, sing it yourself. |
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