A christmas carol. The song was originally published with this title, but it is much more known by the first line "Du grønne dejlige træ" or "Du grønne dejlige træ, god dag". It was first published in Krohn's children's book, "Peters jul" (Peter's Christmas). Several melodies have been written for the song. The most used melody is by Christopher Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774–1842), but a melody later composed by Edvard Grieg has also been used, in addition to a melody by Christian Barnekow .