Jack, the info I linked to at the top says that Rolf Kempe was (is?) a folk singer/songwriter from Ontario.

Do you know if the term "hooray" (or "hurray" as it is spelled on the Rolf K video) commonly used in Canada as a term for "goodbye" as it is in Oz? Here in Oz, it is also used to mean "yippee" or "WooHoo" type sentiments, so it can be used in joking terms when saying goodbye to someone, as in "yippee, you're leaving!".

I learn something new here all the time. I didn't realise that "hooray" originated as a Maori expression.

gillymor, I hadn't heard either the original or the Judy Collins version.

Helen