The tune of the song first became known in 1913 when it was published by W.H. Paling and Co as a piano-variations piece in Australia, called "Swiss Cradle Song" and credited to "Clement Scott". Some sources say that after a tour of New Zealand, the British music critic and travel writer Clement Scott wrote the tune to the "Swiss Cradle Song".[2] However, the family members of an Australian, Albert Saunders, have long claimed that the "Clement Scott" who wrote the tune is a pseudonym for Saunders[3][4] Australian composer Clarence Elkin also claimed to be the writer.[5] Although a court case shortly after Saunders' death was inconclusive as to authorship, his son has provided journalists with handwritten compositions written by Saunders that were subsequently published by W.H. Paling and Co under the name of "Clement Scott". New Zealand journalist Max Cryer concluded in 2020 that: "Scott was really Albert Saunders", and noted that the National Library of Australia credits Saunders as the composer of the song..


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