The song was written by Dimitrije "Mita" Popovic, a Serbian lawyer and poet born in Hungary. He was in 1841 in Baja (Austrian Empire) and died in Budapest in 1888 (Austria-Hungary).
The song was penned by Dimitrije "Mita" Popovic, a Serbian lawyer and poet born in Hungary. He resided in Baja (Austrian Empire) in 1841 and passed away in Budapest in 1888 (Austria-Hungary).