 Rasbach 's setting has also been lampooned , most notably in the Our Gang short film " Arbor Day " ( 1936 ) , directed by Fred C. Newmeyer , in which Alfalfa ( played by Carl Switzer ) , sings the song in a whiny , strained voice after a " woodsman , spare that tree " dialogue with Spanky ( George McFarland ) , sings " Trees . " Film critic Leonard Maltin has called this " the poem 's all @-@ time worst rendition . " In his album Caught in the Act , Victor Borge , when playing requests , responds to a member of the audience : " Sorry I don 't know that ' Doggie in the Window ' . I know one that comes pretty close to it , " and proceeds to play the Rasbach setting of " Trees . " 
 Rasbach <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>setting <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> also been lampooned , most notably in the Our Gang short film " Arbor Day " ( 1936 ) , directed by Fred C. Newmeyer , in which Alfalfa ( played by Carl Switzer ) , <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>sings</mark></a> the song in a whiny , strained voice after a " woodsman , spare that tree " dialogue with Spanky ( George McFarland ) , <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>sings</mark></a> " Trees . " Film critic Leonard Maltin <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>has</mark></a> called this " the poem <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>all @-@ time worst rendition . " In his album Caught in the Act , Victor Borge , when playing requests , <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>responds</mark></a> to a member of the audience : " Sorry I don 't know that ' Doggie in the Window ' . I know one <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>comes</mark></a> pretty close to it , " and <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>proceeds</mark></a> to play the Rasbach setting of " Trees . " 
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