Absolutely, I recall .... Charlie Ryan ! you are right
it was the Commander Cody rendition I recalled best though ...
But Charlie Ryan was the song's writer.
Thinking of him (Ryan) I recalled Bobby Horton ... got to see him once , strange I don't recall were ( I think U of M campus )
He did " North To Alaska ", "Sink the Bismarck", & "The Battle of New Orleans" which was written by Jimmy Driftwood.