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Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow/The Unlucky Apple

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4638551Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow — The Unlucky Apple1905Paul Laurence Dunbar

THE UNLUCKY APPLE

'TWAS the apple that in EdenCaused our father's primal fall;And the Trojan War, remember—'Twas an apple caused it all.So for weeks I've hesitated,You can guess the reason why,For I want to tell my darlingShe's the apple of my eye.