This song appeared in Sing Out!, Volume 18, Numbers 2 & 3, June/July, 1968. Nothing is written as to the origin of the song. It says that the Dry City Scat Band of the early 60's learned it from Jerry Jordon on Supertone Records. It also says that Mike Seeger did it on "Oldtime Country Music" - Folkways FA 2325.

The first verse is as follows:

Well love is such a very funny thing,
Catches the young and the old.
Just like a plate of boardinghouse hash
Many a man's been sold.
It makes you feel like a fresh water eel
It causes your head to swell.
You lose your mind for love is blind
And it empties your pockets as well.

The rest is just about the same as the last two verses of the Grandpa Jones version posted above. The first verse in the Grandpa Jones version does not appear in Sing Out!