Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
Amos - I have the sheet music for this and SORRY to be a bit pedantic **snigger** but the date is 1940 or 42 and the origin is USA. When first finding the music I mention this to a folkie (who is old enough to know) who was astounded I didn't realise it was WWII.
Unless our old friend trad arr Mr XXXX was active. Actually I think it was a team of 2 Mr XXX & Mr YYY. I could dig out the evidence but it is buried deep.