The Ballad of Johnny Appleseed By John Riggio Music K-8 Vol. 9, No. 1 © 1998 Plank Road Publishing All Rights Reserved- used by permission PowerPoint by Camille Page John Chapman was a real man, and he lived long ago. He came from Massachusetts, that’s how the story goes. He wanted to make apples available indeed. So people started calling him Johnny Appleseed. Oh, Johnny Appleseed! Plant your orchards, watch them grow! Johnny Appleseed! Planting as you go! [...]... everyone to buy Oh, Johnny Appleseed! Plant your orchards, watch them grow! Johnny Appleseed! Planting as you go! Now John would walk barefooted across many a mile He helped the pioneers out, who thanked him with a smile Most everybody loved him, including Indians He gave them seeds and herbs which they used as medicines Oh, Johnny Appleseed! Plant your orchards, watch them grow! Johnny Appleseed! Planting...He knelt down by a river and planted seeds deep down He planted in Ohio, and in Kentucky, too He came to Indiana and planted seeds there, too Oh, Johnny Appleseed! Plant your orchards, watch them grow! Johnny Appleseed! Planting as you go! America was new then, with settlers moving west So Johnny planted orchards, so they would have the best Those... herbs which they used as medicines Oh, Johnny Appleseed! Plant your orchards, watch them grow! Johnny Appleseed! Planting as you go! He had a strange appearance, or so the legend says His clothes were often baggy, a pot upon his head He did not carry weapons; he did not feel the need  . The Ballad of Johnny Appleseed By John Riggio Music K-8 Vol. 9, No. 1 © 1998 Plank Road Publishing All Rights Reserved- used by permission PowerPoint by. people started calling him Johnny Appleseed. Oh, Johnny Appleseed! Plant your orchards, watch them grow! Johnny Appleseed! Planting as you go!