The song was revived in 1933 as part of the stage play The Drunkard, which caught on in Hollywood and resulted in new recordings and renditions.
While recording the last verses of the song, Vallée started to laugh uncontrollably when someone in the band made a rude "raspberry" noise.
Edward (Ted) Wallerstein, president of Okeh Records, sent Vallee a test pressing of the "laughing" take, accompanied by a note: "What do you say we let the public have this one?
The lyrics share similarity to English folk ballad "Fare Thee Well," including the repeated phrase and imagery of a turtledove.
While the song is usually performed up-tempo, it appeared as a ballad in the Ripper Street third-season episode "Ashes and Diamonds", arranged for Charlene McKenna as the character Rose Erskine on BBC One and Amazon Prime Instant Video.
During the bar scene in Captain America: The First Avenger, the song is played on the piano and sung by the Howling Commandos.
[3] The 1974 children's album Halloween Songs That Tickle Your Funny Bone, by Ruth Roberts, Bill Katz, and Gene Piller, includes a parody called "There Is a Haunted House In Town."