[1] The melody was composed on the terrace of Reisenweber's Brighton Beach Casino.

[2][3] The sheet music was published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.[4] The song was originally recorded by the Heidelberg Quintet, topping the early American music charts for six weeks in the summer of 1914, during the outbreak of World War I.

Other popular recordings in 1914 were by Ada Jones & Billy Watkins, and by Prince's Orchestra.

[5] A portion of the song is sung in the Season 4 episode of I Love Lucy during a Vaudeville-esque routine performed by Fred Mertz on Ricky Ricardo's show.

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