I've given a bit of history of the song on my website, starting in the late 1620's, and going to some modern publications and recordings. I'd welcome any further information anyone has.

Specifically, I heard it sung once by an entertainer at a crafts fair in Maryland, by a schoolteacher who accompanied herself on a lap dulcimer. She said she had learned it from schoolchildren where she taught. I think it was Betty Smith, but I've not found it on any of the few phono records by her that I've seen. Does anyone know of a recording of the song by Betty Smith? Does anyone have a copy of the version sung by the Hutchinson Family of singers in the 19th century?