Horace Nalle is a legal and communications professional with an extensive background in the animal health field. Passionate about music, Horace Nalle has a particular affinity for American standards of the 1930s to 1950s, and composes songs in that style. One of the most popular standards of the World War II era was "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me).”

1. “DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE” - A
DEFINING SONG OF THE WWII ERA
Horace Nalle

2. INTRODUCTION
 Horace Nalle is a legal and communications professional
with an extensive background in the animal health field.
Passionate about music, Horace Nalle has a particular
affinity for American standards of the 1930s to 1950s, and
composes songs in that style. One of the most popular
standards of the World War II era was "Don't Sit Under
the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me).”
Written by Sam H. Stept from the 19th-century British folk
ballad "Long, Long Ago,” the song was first performed in
1939 as part of the Broadway musical Yokel. It concerned
a pledge shared between a pair of lovers while one
served in the military during wartime.

3. DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE
 The United States entered World War II in late 1941,
directly after Pearl Harbor, and in early 1942, Glenn Miller
and his Orchestra recorded the song with the altered
lyrics “'till I come marching home.” A major hit, the song
enjoyed more than three months in the Billboard charts.
The song was resurrected the following year when the
musical comedy Private Buckaroo was released. The
movie featured the Andrews Sisters performing the song
in uniform as part of a USO tour and the subsequent
Decca recording also became a hit. Another version by
Kay Kyser captured the zeitgeist and “Don't Sit Under the
Apple Tree” became one of those rare compositions to
have three versions in the hit parade simultaneously.