The melody [of "O Du Lieber Augustin"] is frequently associated with the song , the opening notes of early printings of which are identical with those of O Du Lieber Augustin. Chappell, p. 795, says that Polly was arranged for piano by Dale about 1794, but no publication by Dale has been located before ca. 1809-1810 under the title Molly Put the Kettle On or Jenny Baubie; JF. Jenny's Baubie or Jenny Put the Kettle On was published by McDonnell, Dublin, ca. 1790-1810, and Molly Put the Kettle On was published by Paff, New York City, 1803-7--both at JF.
    The melody is also used in connection with Did You Ever See a Lassie? the earliest known printing of which is in Jessie H. Bancroft, Games for the Playground, Home, School anf Gymnasium (New York, N.Y., 1909), p. 261, published Dec. 8, 1909; LC.

--From James J. Fuld, The Book of World-Famous Music, 4th ed. (Dover, 1995, pp. 400-401).

~Masato