Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I tuhia te waiata i te 1943 mo te kiriata e haere mai ana "Meet Me in St. Louis", na MGM i utu a Martin raua ko Blane ki te tuhi i etahi waiata. I hararei a Martin i roto i tetahi whare i te takiwa o Southside i Birmingham, Alabama i hangaia e tona papa a Hugh Martin mo tona whaea hei whare marena hou, kei te taha o te huarahi mai i tona kainga whanau, a, i muri mai ka noho a Martin me tona whanau i te tau 1923. I puta tuatahi mai te waiata i roto i te whakaaturanga i roto i te whanau e raruraru ana i nga mahere a te papa ki te neke ki New York City mo te whakatairanga mahi, ka waiho i muri i to ratau kaainga aroha i St. Louis, Missouri, i mua noa o te 1904 World's Fair
ka tīmata. I roto i tetahi whakaaturanga i te po o te Kirihimete, ko te ahua o Judy Garland, ko Esther, e waiata ana i te waiata hei whakakaha i tana tuahine e rima-tau te pakeke, a Tootie, i whakatangihia e Margaret O'Brien.