One thing about it, they won't have to dig through threads to find these! Here is another from the singing of Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882-1973) of Mars Hill, North Carolina, near Asheville.

I have three recording of the song, and have heard two others live.

Bascom Lamar Lunsford (Old Stepstone) Smithsonian Folkways CD 40082, 1996 (recorded in 1949)
Ernest V. Stoneman (Goodbye Dear Old Stepstone) County CD 3510, 1996 (recorded in 1928)
Jane Voss (Goodbye To My Stepstone) Bay LP 207, 1976 (Out of print, but well worth digging for)

Walt Michael, an excellent hammer dulcimer player performs it, as does Harmony, a group from Stone County, Arkansas~~they just call it Stepstone, by the way.

From the excellent notes on Smithsonian Folkways:
OLD STEPSTONE
(Brown 713, p. 448 vol. V) " 'Old Stepstone' is the title of this song, which I learned in 1904 from Miss Lela Ammons of Robbinsville, North Carolina. She sang, played the song on the old-time organ, and would sing this beautiful text of 'Old Stepstone.' "

Oh, 'tis sad to be parted from those that we love
Strange faces we see every day
Each heart string of mine is broken in time
When I think of those dear ones at home.

Chorus

Goodbye dear old stepstone, goodbye to my home
God bless those I leave with a sigh
I'll cherish fond memories when I'm far away
To roam o'er this wide world alone.

I stood on my doorstep at evening and morn
The wind whispered by with a moan
The fields may be whitening, but I will be gone
To roam o'er this wide world alone.

Chorus

I stood on my doorstep when school time was o'er
And I wish for the time to go by
Now it has passed. and I stand here tonight
To bid this old stepstone goodbye.

Chorus

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Well, now that I am done with that, I find that it is in Levy, so here is the original, words by A. J. Crider, music by Geo. B. Chase, 1880, The Old Door Step (title #5!) The version by Ernest Stoneman is easily the closest to this text, with only minor variations. Jane Voss switches things around quite a bit, but it is a nice sounding version all the same. The variation in Lunsford's version is easily accounted for. Though the song was written in 1880, he learned an oral version in 1904, then did not record it until 1949, making it pretty far from the original in time as well as text.

THE OLD DOOR STEP
A. J. Crider, Geo. B. Chase, 1880

I stand on the doorstep at eventide now,
The wind whispers by with a moan,
The fields will be whit'ning but I will be gone
To roam o'er the wide world alone.
I stood on this doorstep when schooltime was o'er
And longed for the time to go by,
And now it has gone, and I stand here tonight,
To bid this dear stepstone goodbye.

Chorus
Goodbye to this stepstone, goodbye to my home,
God bless those I leave with a sigh,
I'll cherish dear memories when I am away,
Goodbye dear old stepstone, goodbye.

It is hard to be parted from those that we love,
When reverses in fortune have come,
And the strongest of heartstrings are broken in twain
By the absence of loved ones at home.
But I'll bid this poor heart cease repining in vain
And hush'd be each deep heaving sigh,
Tho' the pain it will cost me none ever can know,
To bid this dear stepstone goodbye.

Chorus

There are many temptations with which I may meet,
And sad mournful scenes every day,
And the faces at home, oh! I never shall greet,
Their forms will be so far away
But I'll think of the dear old stone step at the door
And oft drop a tear from my eye,
I will stand in my dreams as I stand here tonight,
To bid this dear stepstone goodbye.

Chorus