This is very interesting, and I know i am 15 years late to the conversation, but my husband's grandfather was attributed with writing this song. There is a newspaper clipping form Australia I believe in the 1920s maybe with his name on it. his family in denmark have copies and are very proud of it. When I took a look online, it appears the song most probably was around before that time. He was born in 1895, so I am just trying to figure out when it was originally written to try to settle this family story once and for all.
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