Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An rubuta waƙar a cikin 1943 don fim ɗin da ke zuwa "Saduwa da Ni a St. Louis", wanda MGM ya hayar da Martin da Blane don rubuta waƙoƙi da yawa. Martin yana hutu ne a wani gida a unguwar Southside a Birmingham, Alabama wanda mahaifinsa Hugh Martin ya tsara wa mahaifiyarsa a matsayin gidan hutun amarci, wanda ke kusa da titi daga wurin haihuwarsa, kuma daga baya ya zama gidan Martin da danginsa a 1923. Waƙar ta fara fitowa a wani yanayi inda dangin suka damu da shirin mahaifinsa na ƙaura zuwa New York City don samun ci gaban aiki, suna barin ƙaunataccen gidansu a St. Louis, Missouri, kafin lokacin da ake sa ran bikin baje kolin duniya na 1904
ya fara. A cikin wani yanayi da aka saita a jajibirin Kirsimeti, halayen Judy Garland, Esther, tana rera waƙar don ta daɗaɗa wa 'yar'uwarta mai shekaru biyar, Tootie, wanda Margaret O'Brien ta buga.