The title comes from the final line of the chorus: As Whiting's daughter Margaret tells it, the song was intended for a 1918 contest at a Detroit theater.

His secretary retrieved it and showed it to their boss, publisher Jerome Remick, who submitted it in the contest, where it won top honors.

The song gained widespread popularity in Canadian traditional music circles as a result of its use as the closing number for the CBC television program Don Messer's Jubilee.

[2] Other artists who recorded the song include: Charles Hart & Lewis James, Gitz Rice & Vernon Dalhart, Nicolas Orlando's Orchestra,[3] British duet Coltham & Parker,[4] Doris Day, Albert Brunies, Kid Thomas Valentine, George Lewis, Bing Crosby, Kay Starr, Patti Page, and Danielle Haim.

The song and tune was adapted by supporters of English football team, Huddersfield Town in the 1920s and is still sung by them.