DESCRIPTION:
Traditional origins but a 1905 song was published with Lyrics by Howard Odum. It has also been recorded by Dave "Pistol Pete" Cutrell, Otto Gray & the Oklahoma Cowboys, Sam Collins, "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, Burruss Johnson, Wilmer Watts, Frank Wilson, Roy Martin, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Bill Cox, ABBA, The Beatles, Burl Ives, Mischief Brew, Johnny Rivers, Paul McCartney, Big Joe Turner, Bobby Darin, Cisco Houston, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Mungo Jerry, Van Morrison, Odetta, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, The Backyard Blues Boys, LittleRichard, Buckwheat Zydeco, Pete Seeger, Otis Rush, The Kingston Trio, The Spencer Davis Group, Lonnie Donegan, Eric Clapton, Harry Belafonte, Big Bill Broonzy, Ursa Major, The Fireman, and Harry Dean Stanton