APPLE, CHERRY, MINCE AND CHOC'LATE CREAM
(Cliff Warren / Barnett Shaw / David S. Rose)


Wilf 'Montana Slim' Carter - 1950



There's a small cafe I know
Where the fellahs like to go
The waitress there is really quite a queen
When you ask what kind of pie
She just rolls her great big eyes
And says, "Apple, Cherry, Mince and Choc'late Cream"

Now, I go there ev'ry day
Just to pass the time away
If you saw her, then you'd know just what I mean
You say, "Howdy, how are you?
Tell us what you've got that's new"
She says, "Apple, Cherry, Mince and Choc'late Cream"

Now, it isn't what she says, but how she says it
She's loaded with personality
And it isn't what she does, but how she does it
When she turns those pretty eyes on me

How I'd love to take her home 
And to have her all alone
'Cause I'm a-tellin' ya she's really quite a queen
What a pleasure it would be 
Having all that pie for me
All that Apple, Cherry, Mince and Choc'late Cream

(Instrumental Break)

Oh, her eyes are pretty blue
And they sure do things to you
You boys all know exactly what I mean
She looks at you kinda shy
Then she rolls her big blue eyes
And says, "Apple, Cherry, Mince and Choc'late Cream"

She's got dimples and a smile
What ya always call worthwhile
I'm tellin' ya she really is a dream
You say, "Howdy, how are you?
Tell me what ya got that's new"
She says, "Apple, Cherry, Mince and Choc'late Cream"

Now, it isn't what she says, but how she says it
She's loaded with personality
And it isn't what she does, but how she does it
When she turns those pretty eyes on me

How I'd love to take her home 
And to have her all alone
'Cause I'm tellin' ya she's really quite a queen
What a pleasure it would be 
Having all that pie for me
All that Apple, Cherry, Mince and Choc'late Cream







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2011)