 Duclerc at Aux Ambassadeurs in 1891, but the following year as a major hit for Polaire at the Folies Bergère.In 1892 "The New York Times" reported that a French version of the song had appeared under the title 'Boom-allez'.Later editions of the music credited its authorship to various persons, including Alfred Moor-King, Paul Stanley, and Angelo A. Asher.