TRACK 10 - PLEASE DON'T TURN ME INTO A PIE

So a little more background. Besides original family songs, my absolute favorite thing to sing is jazz music. I got hooked on Frank Sinatra when I was 16 in high school, and I couldn't stop listening to him, Tony Bennett, Michael Buble, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, and so many more great singers. Scat is so much fun to sing because you can completely make it up as you go along with any syllables you would like. I really wanted to write a song that could include some scat for students of any age to sing along to and contribute their own unique lines. 

The first Saturday morning of fall, while I was in a diner on my way to work, I took out a notebook and started writing about apples. I made up this story of apples that can sing scat music and don't want to be picked off of a tree this boy kept trying to climb. Once he finally reaches the top of the tree, he is not upset about no apples to pick, but amazed at the view from the top and all of the other trees in the world he can see. Not only do I get jazz in the song, I can include some opera/theater in the bridge as well! When you listen to this track, look for a subtle McDonald's reference in the third set of scat haha. 

10. PLEASE DON'T TURN ME INTO A PIE
There’s a real fresh apple that I can see

Hanging at the bottom of the orchard tree

I reached out to grab it, then how about that

The first red apple started to scat

Scee-ba-doo-bah, bop-ba-dee-moo

Skeep-ba-wop-ba-loo-wah you’re making me cry, please don’t turn me into a pie!

Please don’t turn me into a pie!

So I climbed, and I climbed, and I climbed, and I climbed

I found a second red apple that I could see

Just a little higher on the orchard tree

I reached out to grab it, then how about that

The second red apple started to scat

Scee-ba-doo-bah, bop-ba-dee-moo

Skeep-ba-wop-ba-loo-wah you’re making a mistake, please don’t turn me into a cake!

Please don’t turn me into a cake!

So I climbed, and I climbed, and I climbed, and I climbed

I found a third red apple that I could see

Hanging even higher on that orchard tree

I reached out to grab it, then how about that

The third red apple started to scat

Scee-ba-doo-bah, bop-ba-dee-moo

Skeep-ba-wop-ba-loo-wah listen to me boss, please don’t turn me into apple sauce!

Please don’t turn me into apple sauce!

So I climbed, and I climbed, and I climbed, and I climbed

I found a fourth red apple that I could see

Getting really high up in this orchard tree

I reached out to grab it, then how about that

The fourth red apple started to scat

Scee-ba-doo-bah, bop-ba-dee-moo

Skeep-ba-wop-ba-loo-wah and yankee doodle, please don’t turn me into a strudel!

Please don’t turn me into a strudel!

So I climbed, and I climbed, and I climbed, and I…

Wait, how long have I been climbing?

I’m at the top! I’m at the top of the tree!

I can see forever!!!!!! I can see forever!!!!!!!!

The stars in LA, the beach in Cape May

The villages in Mexico

Israel’s Dead Sea, the canals of Italy

So many places to go!!!

I will travel the world and see what each place has

And I know I’ll find an apple who doesn’t know jazz

Scee-ba-doo-bah, bop-ba-dee-moo

Skeep-ba-wop-ba-loo-wah you’re making me cry, please don’t turn me into a pie!

Skeep-ba-wop-ba-loo-wah, now here’s my goodbye! I won’t turn you into a pie!