the dogs damour play folk music
the tune is heavily featured as a theme to the 1939 feature film love affair starring charles boyer and irene dunne with dunne also performing the song within her role as a singerthe song was sung by montgomery clift in the 1949 movie the heiress
 hundreds of folk songs from the 19th century have known authors but have continued in oral tradition to the point where they are considered traditional for purposes of music publishing