On Top of Spaghetti - wikipedia On Top of Spaghetti `` On Top of Spaghetti '' Song by Sharon and the Lollipops Published 1962 Composer ( s ) music from `` On Top of Old Smoky '' Lyricist ( s ) Sharon Ruth, Philip Anders `` On Top of Spaghetti '' is a ballad and children 's song with the best - known performance by folk singer Tom Glazer with the Do - Re-Mi Children 's Chorus in 1963. The song is sung to the tune of `` On Top of Old Smoky ''. It is the tale of a meatball that was lost when `` somebody sneezed ''. The song discusses what happened to the meatball after it fell off of a pile of spaghetti and rolled away. In 1961, to the same tune, Dick Biondi, The 9 - Midnight DJ on WLS Chicago ( 1960 -- 63 ), had recorded on IRC `` The Pizza Song ''. In 1962 Sharon and the Lollipops recorded `` On Top of Spaghetti '' with a lyric credit to Sharon Ruth. It was released in June 1962 and reviewed by Billboard in its Limited Sales Potential column in June 23 of that year. A version in Swedish was released in 1962 by Snopporna. Tom Glazer with the Do - Re-Mi Children 's Chorus, extended version was released on Kapp in 1963 with a contradictory lyric credit to Tom Glazer, but no publishing references were noted on the release labels. References Jump up ^ `` On Top of a Pizza ''. 45cat. 1961. Retrieved 24 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` On Top of Spaghetti ''. 45cat. 1962. Retrieved 24 February 2015. Jump up ^ 1 : 36 version on Versatile 112, published by Luristan Music Inc., registered through ASCAP Jump up ^ `` Billboard 23 June 1962 Page 38 ''. Billboard. 1962. Retrieved 24 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` Ta Hit Spettekagan ''. 45cat. 1962. Retrieved 24 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` On Top of Spaghetti ''. 45cat. 1963. Retrieved 24 February 2015. Further reading Archive of CNN.com article discussing Glazer and this song at the Wayback Machine ( archived June 11, 2008 ) Rise Up Singing, page 175 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On_Top_of_Spaghetti&oldid=799892727 '' Categories : 1962 songs 1963 songs Children 's songs Songs with lyrics by Tom Glazer Parodies Songs about food Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 10 September 2017, at 12 : 56. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the poem on top of spaghetti
Answer: Sharon Ruth