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 Posted: Tue May 24th, 2011 10:37 pm
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 Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree actually first appeared in '39 as part of a musical and it was after Pearl that the song was modified to include " 'till I come marching home." That was still before we could see we would win the war. Glenn Miller released a version in February '42, the war in the Pacific was still looking like a Japanese victory when he released this version. The Andrew Sisters version of the song first appeared May 28, 1942 in the movie Private Buckaroo.

God Bless America dates originally to the summer of 1918, making it a WWI era song originally. Berlin then revised his song in '38 in part to remove political conotations. How'd you like to be singing the line "To the right with the light from above." Berlin felt that could be construed as meaning right wing party's in the '30s and so it became "Through the night with the light from above." The revised version was meant to be a song promoting peace.


It can't be doubted these were popular during the war, but their both pre-WWII.
 

Last edited on Tue May 24th, 2011 10:39 pm by Hellcat