Note: According to The Book of World-famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk by James J. Fuld, “John Schonberger was born in Philadelphia in 1892, became a composer and violinist and died in 1983. According to John Schonberger, the lyrics were not written by Malvin Schonberger (about whom no biographical information has been found), but rather by Richard Coburn, a lyricist and singer, who was born under the name of Frank D. de Long, in Ipswich, Mass., in 1886, and who died in Los Angeles in 1952. Current sheet music editions credit the music and words of the song to John Schonberger, Richard Coburn and Vincent Rose; the latter, a composer and director, was born in Palermo, Italy, in 1880, and died in Rockville Center, N.Y., in 1944.