Manzanita
Little red apple upon the tree, If you are not in love, fall in love with me ! . . . From me this night you shall not go. Not till the dawn, when the first cocks crow.
Alice Corbin Henderson
Little red apple upon the tree, If you are not in love, fall in love with me ! . . . From me this night you shall not go. Not till the dawn, when the first cocks crow.
Imagine someone half-teasing, half-begging a wild red apple to stay the night. That’s the vibe here. The speaker is talking directly to a manzanita — that’s “little apple” in Spanish — still hanging on the tree, treating it like a shy, unclaimed sweetheart.
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