Just Chopped Down the Old Apple Tree" for the film Around the World as a humorous parody of this song, which was recorded by The Dinning Sisters. Frank Loesser's and Arthur Schwartz's "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" from Thank Your Lucky Stars, also references the song when a woman tells her lover that she "can't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me" because all of the other men her age are also fighting in the war. Popular culture More recently, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" was featured in the films:Twelve O'Clock High (1949), With a Song in My Heart (1952), Kiss Them for Me (1957), A Carol for Another Christmas (1964), In Dreams (1999) The Master (2012). It also featured in the mini-series The PacificAn instrumental muzak version was featured in the film Devil (2010). A couple of vocal portions of the song were sampled for use in the track "Down to This," by the 90s alternative rock band Soul Coughing. The title of the song was the inspiration for columnist Lewis Grizzard's 1981 book, Don't Sit Under The Grits Tree With Anyone Else But Me. The title of the song was the inspiration behind Steven J. Andrews' debut novel, 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree'. The song is prominently featured in Charles Fuller's A Soldier's Play'', winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, at the beginning and end of each act. The song is also featured on the soundtrack at Disney's Hollywood Studios. References Songs about trees The Andrews Sisters songs Glenn Miller songs Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients 1942 songs 1942 singles Songs of World War II Songs with lyrics by Lew Brown Songs written by Charles Tobias Songs with music by Sam H. Stept