It sounds like it had a life before it became a pop song. And another life long before Little Peggy March's version:-
Peggy March ‎â€" Kilindini Docks / Too Long Away
Label:
RCA Victor â€" 47-9655
Format:
Vinyl, 7", Single
Country:
Germany
Released:
1965
Genre:
Pop
Style:
Schlager

JOHNNY (DORELLI) Calipso Romance bw Kilindini Docks LIBERTY (both sides presented); dated 24/07/57.

FLO SANDONS CON IL QUARTETTO RADAR Kilindini Docks CERA GREY

This recording of Flo Sandons (1959) on YouTube carries an image of the record-label, where authorship is credited to "Lecorde - Lorenzi".

This site (FAQS.ORG) http://www.faqs.org/copyright/kilindini-docks-original-w-lecorde-aldo-locatelli-english-w/ has this entry on copyright:-

"Kilindini docks. Original w Lecorde (Aldo Locatelli), English w Sunny Skylar (Marguerite Almeda), m J. Lorenzi (Federico Bergamini)
Type of Work:
Musical work
Array
RE0000436311 / 1989-06-08
EU0000663965 / 1961-03-27
Title:
Kilindini docks. Original w Lecorde (Aldo Locatelli), English w Sunny Skylar (Marguerite Almeda), m J. Lorenzi (Federico Bergamini)
Basis of Claim:
New Matter: English words.
Variant title:
Kilindini docks.
Copyright Claimant:
Marguerite Almeda (Sunny Skylar) (A)
Names:
Marguerite Almeda
Aldo Locatelli (73 documents)
example document: T'insegnero' a baciare
Federico Bergamini (26 documents)
example document: La Svolta. w Aldo Locatelli, m Federico Bergamini, E. Beltempo, pseud. of Filippo Bellobuono
J. Lorenzi (4 documents)
example document: Cling to me. m J. Lorenzi, English w Horace Linsley & Gerald Ross
Lecorde. (1 documents)
example document: Il Blues del mandriano. Italian w Aldo Locatelli, w & m Jimmie Rodgers & George Vaughn

Read more: http://www.faqs.org/copyright/kilindini-docks-original-w-lecorde-aldo-locatelli-english-w/#ixzz1xdULettX"

Also a French version, with words by Jacques Larue

http://www.78discography.com/RCA207000.htm lists a 78rpm disc RCA 20-7120 by PEREZ PRADO & HIS ORCH. KILINDINI DOCKS Lecorde - Lorenzi

PEREZ PRADO KILINDINI DOCKS

Buy it for 5 Euros! perez prado - patricia / why wait / a lo loco / kilindini docks

Enjoy!

Ross