Thanks for the responses.

I'll check out 'The Sprig of Thyme.' Since Handy was born in 1873, the quote I was referring to must have been in the late 1800s.

The other timeline from Randolph indicated circa 1880.

Apparently Handy published a folk version in the 1920s that was made up of exsisting or collected verses. Anyone have info about that?

Richie