Every year is one of the most famous Christmas carols. His text was written in 1837 by Wilhelm Hey. The most common melody is usually attributed to Friedrich Silcher [1], it comes from his song cycle Twelve Children's Songs from the appendix of Speckter'schen fable book of 1842. [2] Another version melody is by Ernst Anschütz. Another melody, the song is sung, Christian Heinrich Rinck composed in 1827; it is now conducted on Hoffmann von Fallersleben poem evening it is sung again (wikipedia)