Otis Redding joined the Pinetoppers in 1958 as a singer and driver. This, and the hit Mocking Bird Hill, are the band's greatest achievements. The music of the song is an old Swedish waltz “Livet i Finnskogarna” by Calle Jularbo from 1915 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AESyqiP8sTI).