Lyr ADD: Don't Sit under the Apple Tree

Subject: RE: lyrics of 'don't sit under the apple tree'
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 08:30 PM

When I heard it, during WWII, it was gender modified:

I just got word from a guy who heard from the guy next door to me,
A girl he met just loved to pet, and she fits you to a T.

I thought even the Andrews Sisters sang it with these words. However, it was a long time ago...

Sandy

Subject: RE: lyrics of 'don't sit under the apple tree'
From: MMario
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 10:47 AM

Last time I heard it all of it was sung But that wasn't by the Andrews sisters, it was by the "Androoze Sisters"

MMario

Subject: RE: lyrics of 'don't sit under the apple tree'
From: Sean MacRuaraidh
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 09:57 AM

Thank you

but can you tell me, are all of the lines sung or are some of them spoken ? Sean

Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE
From: MMario
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 09:05 AM

from the Andrews Sisters lyrics site....

DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE (WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME)
by Lew Brown, Charlie Tobias and Sam H. Stept. ©1942
As sung by the Andrews Sisters

INTRO:
I wrote my mother.
I wrote my father.
And now I'm writing you too.
I'm sure of mother.
I'm sure of father.
And now I want to be sure (very, very sure) of you.

Don't sit under the apple tree
With anyone else but me
Anyone else but me
Anyone else but me
NO! NO! NO!
Don't sit under the apple tree
With anyone else but me
Till I come marching home.

Don't go walking down lover's lane
With anyone else but me
Anyone else but me
Anyone else but me
NO! NO! NO!
Don't go walking down lover's lane
With anyone else but me
Till I come marching home.

I just got word from a guy who heard
from the guy next door to me.
The girl he met just loves to pet
And it fits you to a tee.

So. don't sit under the apple tree
With anyone else but me
Till I come marching home.

Don't sit under the apple tree
With anyone else but me
(with anyone else but her)
no, no, no, not a single soul but me
NO! NO! NO!
Don't you sit under the apple tree
With anyone else but me
Not till you see me, not until you see me marching home.
home, home, home sweet home

Don't go walking down lover's lane
With anyone else but me
(with anyone else but her)
no, no, no, not a single soul but me
NO! NO! NO!
Don't you go walking down lover's lane
With anyone else but me
Not till you see me, not until you see me marching home.
home home home home sweet home

Subject: RE: lyrics of 'don't sit under the apple tree'
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 08:36 AM

Or just use the "folk process" and make up your own:

"Don't go holding up the local bank"

"Don't go eating any Grondhog stew"

"Don't go buying any new condoms"

etc.

catspaw

Subject: RE: lyrics of 'don't sit under the apple tree'
From: Will Bakker
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 08:22 AM

I am sure you can find the lyrics on Top-40 Hits 1930-1998 at www.summer.com. But at this moment their server is down. Good luck!

Subject: RE: lyrics of 'don't sit under the apple tree'
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 08:01 AM

Actually Steve, I'd skip the original "Sabre Dance" and opt for the Spike Jones version instead.

And thanks for the right names...but are you sure one of them wasn't named Zippy? **grin**

catspaw

Subject: RE: lyrics of 'don't sit under the apple tree'
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 07:52 AM

Laverne, Maxene and Patti Andrews (aka the Andrews Sisters) did record it, but I'm not sure theirs was the original version. (Mind you, if it's "original" you want, you should hear their "Sabre* Dance", accompanied by the Harmonica Gentlemen!) It sounds like it's based on a trad song, unless I'm thinking of "Underneath the spreading chestnut tree" or something.

Steve

* or maybe "Saber"? Depends how you translate it from the Russian ...

Subject: RE: lyrics of 'don't sit under the apple tree'
From: Sean MacRuaraidh
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 07:31 AM

Thanks guys - thats a start anyway - maybe the rest will appear in the next few days.

Sean MacR.

Subject: RE: lyrics of 'don't sit under the apple tree'
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 07:27 AM

I believe it was the Andrew's Sisters and I recall only a bit more. The first line basically repeats:

Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me.
Anyone else but me,
Anyone else but me.
NO,NO,NO.
Don't sit uder the apple tree with anyone else but me,
'Til I come marching home.

Second verse I think is "Don't go walkin' down lover's lane with anyone else but me"

Sorry...that's my limit, except recalling how homely the Andrew's Sisters were. Names? LaVerne? Maxine for sure! Dorothy? Shirley? Zippy?

catspaw

Subject: RE: lyrics of 'don't sit under the apple tree'
From: Ferrara
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 07:03 AM

I only remember one more line: "Til we go marching, marching home." From WWI I believe. My mom sang it. She said her father would invite servicemen to their home for dinner. After dinner, they sang songs around the piano. I'm pretty sure she said they sang this one a lot on those evenings.

Subject: lyrics of 'don't sit under the apple tree'
From: Sean MacRuaraidh
Date: 12 Mar 99 - 06:37 AM

Have searched forum and database but cannot find lyrics to song called Don't Sit under the apple tree.

I would appreciate the words. I don't think there are many .

Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me Anyone else but me, anyone else but me. Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me ??

Sean MacRuaraidh