Oscar Hammerstein II worked as a lyricist with various composers. For the 1927 musical Showboat, which includes this song, he worked with Jerome Kern. At the time, it was Lorenz Hart who worked as a lyricist with Richard Rodgers.
Hammerstein also worked with Signund Romberg, wrote English lyrics to Bizet's Carmen for the musical Carmen Jones, and collaborated with Otto Harbach on some songs. He did some 11 musicals with Rodgers.
-Joe Offer-