[
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "When%20did%20Lew%20Brown%20and%20Charles%20Tobias%20write%20Don%27t%20Sit%20Under%20The%20Apple%20Tree%3F"
    },
    {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "Lew Brown and Charles Tobias wrote the lyrics for *Don\u2019t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)* in 1939. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Sit_Under_the_Apple_Tree_%28with_Anyone_Else_but_Me%29?utm_source=openai))\n\nHere are the specifics:\n\n- The melody, by Sam H. Stept, was first introduced (under an earlier title) in the 1939 Broadway show *Yokel Boy*, where Brown and Tobias provided the lyrics. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Sit_Under_the_Apple_Tree_%28with_Anyone_Else_but_Me%29?utm_source=openai))  \n- After the U.S. entered World War II (December 1941), the lyrics were updated\u2014for instance changing part of the chorus to end with \u201c\u2026till I come marching home.\u201d ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Sit_Under_the_Apple_Tree_%28with_Anyone_Else_but_Me%29?utm_source=openai))  \n\nSo, 1939 marks when they wrote the song; its wartime version became popular in 1942. If you want, I can pull up the original 1939 lyrics vs. the revised 1942 ones."
    }
]