 In 1816 Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching first published a melody to the song, that has been recorded by Carl Hohnbaum in Franconia, which does not match today's popular tune.In "Münsterische Geschichten" (1825) we find a version similar in wording to the now popular one.In 1856 Ludwig Erk in the first edition of his collection "Deutscher Liederhort" published three different versions of the song.