I just encountered about the 3rd or 4th version played as a rousing, almost Bluegrass style/pace... whump-whumpa whump-whumpa pling-pling-pling...

It feels like they had just 'encountered' this song, discovered it was famous, decided they ought to cover it, and hurried thru it to get it out of the way. Barely any attempt to 'feel' what it meant.

(Interestingly, there were a couple of groups who call themselves Bluegrass bands who actually do a decent, slower paced version.)