<P> The best - known version in the United States was recorded by The Four Lads with teenage girls Lillian Pasciolla and others on February 27, 1954 . The best - known version in the United Kingdom is by Max Bygraves, also recorded in 1954 . </P> <P> The recording by The Four Lads was released in the US by Columbia Records as catalog number 40236 . It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on July 3, 1954, peaking at #18 . </P> <P> Max Bygraves' version was recorded on 23 June 1954 with a children's chorus and orchestra directed by Frank Cordell, and released in the UK by HMV as catalog number B 10734 . It entered the UK chart on 10 September 1954 . It spent eight weeks on the chart, peaking at #7 . The "Children" were from the Italia Conti school, which was just off Piccadilly Circus at the time . </P> <P> The song is frequently featured in the game known as "One Song to the Tune of Another" in the long - running radio panel show, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue . </P>

Who sang gilly gilly ossenfeffer katzenellen bogen by the sea