Fredrich Sisigmund was a German writer who wrote the German song in 1888 but the song did not become well known until 1954 a teacher called Edith Morak played a guitar and wanted more words they were well put together for the 1950s movement the words that were in English were not written until 1954 and has been sung by many folk from part of the world. In 1986 my teacher wrote the song and transcribed the song in to braille for the kids to sing and it all went well. One day I bought a hits of 1954 hits album and found that the song and the German 1954 song is track 23 on the cd I heard it on radio cent on a program and me friend and I sang it together.