Hi Joe,

I can't see any fundamental differences in the 2 versions you posted.
Below is my transcription from the LP on which it was originally issued - 'The Dillards - Tribute to the American Duck Poppy LP PP-LA175-F 1973'. The attribution is to 'R.Dillard/M.Jayne Landsdowne-Winston Publ ASCAP'. Curiously, on the 1996 Raven CD reissue 'Let The Music Flow: The Best of 1963-1979' the publisher is given as Fable Music Pty Ltd.

Note Mama 'CORKED' in first stanza, second stanza starting with 'Now Dooley was a trader' and 'molasses by the DRUM'.

DOOLEY
(Rodney Dillard/Mitch Jayne)

Now Dooley was a good old man, he lived below the mill
Dooley had two daughters and a forty-gallon still
One girl watched the boiler, the other watched the spout
Mama corked the bottles when ol' Dooley fetched them out

CHORUS
Dooley, slippin' up the holler
Dooley, tryin' to make a dollar
Dooley, gimme a swaller
And I'll pay you back some day

Now Dooley was a trader when into town he'd come
Sugar by the bushel and molasses by the drum
The revenuers came for him, slippin' through the woods
Dooley kept behind them all and never lost his goods

CHORUS

Now I remember very well the day old Dooley died
The women folk looked sorry and the men stood around and cried
Now Dooley's on the mountain, he lies there all alone
They put a jug beside him and a barrel for a stone

CHORUS [last line repeated]


--Stewie.

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