The English adaptation was written by Mann Curtis and first released by Jill Corey with Jimmy Carroll in 1957 (also recorded by original French artist Gilbert Bécaud in 1964).

The English adaptation was written by the Episcopal priest John Freeman Young who translated three of Mohr's original six verses in 1859.

The lyrics for the best-known Finnish adaptation were written by Gustaf Oskar Schönemann in the second half of the 19th century.