[1] The lyrics for the song were written by Lord Burgess (Irving Burgie), an American-born, half-Barbadian songwriter.
The Bangladeshi band Souls also sang their own translated version in early 1990s, which instantly became a hit in Bangladesh.
[citation needed] The song "Iron bar" was published along with Swedish lyrics by Ulf Peder Olrog in 1947 as "Mera bruk i baljan boys" in his "Rosenblom i Västindien" sheet music album.
Olrog had earlier in 1947 travelled in the West Indies and wrote down some "native songs" in Jamaica, of which 3 were published with Swedish lyrics.
[citation needed] The Vietnamese translation is "Lời Yêu Thương" ("Love Words") by Đức Huy.