1.
Why do you come to my apple tree,
     Little bird so gray?
Twit-twit, twit-twit, twit-twit-twee!
     That was all he would say.
2.
Why do you lock you rosy feet
     So closely round the spray?
Twit-twit, twit-twit, twit-tweet!
     That was all he would say.
3.
Why on the topmost bough do you get,
     Little bird so gray?
Twit-twit-twee! twit-twit-twit!
     That was all he would say.
4.
Where is your mate? come, answer me,
     Little bird so gray.
Twit-twit-twit! twit-twit-twee!
     That was all he would say.