Everybody told Johnny Appleseed That he wouldn't know an apple tree From a pair of deez nuts. Go and figure that he'd reconsider All the orchards that he scattered, And go chop 'em down without makin' a fuss. ♪ Everybody told Johnny Appleseed That he should've known a friendly tease From a pair of deez nuts. Go and figure, they didn't reconsider All the miles that he wandered And now he had to pay for making them fuss They said he was an axe swingin' fiend They didn't really know the point he was making "Old boy was an axe swingin' fiend" Guess they thought the apple trees were a given ♪ "Johnny Appleseed: the Axe Swingin' Fiend" ♪ Everybody holds Johnny Appleseed Accountable for everything And it drove him nuts Go and figure that he'd surrender To impulses a bit baser Go chop 'em down and stir up a fuss. Turns out he was an axe swingin' fiend They didn't really know the point he was making Old boy was an axe swingin' fiend Guess they thought the apple trees were a given They said he was an axe swingin' fiend They didn't really know the point he was making Old boy was an axe swingin' fiend Guess they thought the apple trees were a given ♪ "Johnny Appleseed: the Axe Swingin' Fiend" ♪ "Johnny Appleseed: the Axe Swingin' Fiend"