I jumped ahead to listen to the Thomas Hampson version(s) (each a bit different, but with the same feeling).

The 1st, from an album of Foster songs, reminds me of the New Hutchinson Family versions as perhaps attempting to do as it would have been done in the 19th century. It is, I'd say, the slowest I've heard, but very moving and excellent. As a trained singer, his elocution is perfect.
The 2nd version was recorded in a live performance, and is a bit faster, but with the same piano accompaniment and 'formal' treatment.
   Both versions are treasures, though nothing like what *I* would be likely to do.

I was,as I indicated above, strangely satisfied with Bob Dylan's treatment. Though it is unmistakably **Dylan**, he sings it like someone who cared what the song evoked.