#52 Ancestor Challenge 2019, Week 40, “Harvest” Rambo Apple

#52 Ancestor Challenge 2019, Week 40, “Harvest” Rambo Apple

Harvest Time

The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Forde

In memory of beloved uncle Lawrence Vale Rambo, a poem by James Whitcomb Riley about the Rambo Apple that our ancestor, Peter Gunnarson Rambo, brought from Sweden in 1640.  Seeds from the Rambo Apple were supposedly carried by Johnny Appleseed, according to Rambo history. 

THE RAMBO-TREE 

When Autumn shakes the Rambo-tree—

It's a long, sweet way across the orchard!—

The bird sings low as the bumble-bee—

It's a long, sweet way across the orchard!—

The poor shote-pig he says, says he:

"When Autumn shakes the Rambo-tree

There's enough for you and enough for me."—

It's a long, sweet way across the orchard.

For just two truant lads like we,

When Autumn shakes the Rambo-tree

There's enough for you and enough for me—

It's a long, sweet way across the orchard.

When Autumn shakes the Rambo-tree—

It's a long, sweet way across the orchard!—

The mole digs out to peep and see—

It's a long, sweet way across the orchard!—

The dusk sags down, and the moon swings free,

There's a far, lorn call, "Pig-gee! 'Pig-gee!"

And two boys—glad enough for three.—

It's a long, sweet way across the orchard.

For just two truant lads like we,

When Autumn shakes the Rambo-tree

There's enough for you and enough for me—

It's a long, sweet way across the orchard.

Source: The Book of Joyous Children by James Whitcomb Riley, Illustration "Across the Orchard"

The Rambo Apple

.   Long live the memory of Lawrence Vale Rambo, cartographer, Stephen Minister, singer and a 37-year member of Concordia Lutheran Church, St. Louis, Missouri. Lawrence is survived by his beautiful widow, Margaret, and 15 nieces and nephews.