Not to be confused with the instrumental "Apples and Bananas" on a Lawrence Welk TV show taped in January 1965. It is Stephen Bowen's song. He owns it.

"Apples and Bananas" is an American

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 children's song

Children's song

Children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that young children invent and share among themselves, or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home, or education...

 by the popular children's recording artist Raffi

Raffi (musician)

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that plays with the vowels of words. The first verse usually begins:

I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas.
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas.

The following verses replace most or all vowels with one given vowel sound, usually each of the long vowels sounds of ‹a› (/eɪ/), ‹e› (/iː/), ‹i› (/aɪ/), ‹o› (/oʊ/), and ‹u› (/uː/), although potentially any English vowel can be used. For example:

Ay lake tay ate, ate, ate aples aind baynaynays.
Ay lake tay ate, ate, ate aples aind baynaynays.

/eɪ leɪk teɪ eɪt eɪt eɪt ˈeɪpəlz eɪnd beɪˈneɪneɪz/
/eɪ leɪk teɪ eɪt eɪt eɪt ˈeɪpəlz eɪnd beɪˈneɪneɪz/