Kurt Noack (13 February 1893 – 1 January 1945) was a German composer of light music.
The original version for two-handed piano was published by Baltischer Musikverlag in Szczecin.
The first edition bears an illustration of three white-bearded dwarfs, in green clothing and red caps, walking from left to right along a path lined with seven toadstools in front of a cloudy blue sky.
Each dwarf has his right leg aloft, and holds in his left hand a rather bulky looking gun which is largely concealed from the viewer.
The rather negative assessment of the piece by critics ("trivial, shallow") in no way harmed its popularity.