High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The music was written by Harry Von Tilzer, the lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling. The song was published in 1905. The song has been recorded many times and is now considered a pop standard. In a long-standing tradition, floor traders at the New York Stock Exchange sing this song on the last trading day of every year and on Christmas Eve.The song has been the stock exchange anthem at least back as far as 1934.It is also a popular song in Barbershop music. It appeared as a Country music hit, as performed by the Golden Memory Boys in the summer of 1940.