Greetings folks, I have been playing and rediscovered this tune.
I came across an old youtube of the late Tim Rose doing this on his 12 string. Before this, I was not aware of the late Tim Rose and his work. Apparently, he also had a big hit covering Bonnie Dobson's "Morning Dew"
But Tim's life is worthy of a song in itself. He almost became a priest, was in the Air Force, did a lot of recording in the UK where his version of "Hey Joe" was discovered by Chas Chandler (ex Animal and Jimi Hendrix manager) According to Chandler, Hendrix did not want to record it and Chandler had to force him to do it. The rest is history. But what is interesting is the origin of the song.
On a BBC series "Later with Joolz Holland, Tim Rose makes the claim that the song was based upon some Appalachian ballad. The song is copy written to a Billy Roberts (another obscure singer) I did some research with the Library of Congress and there is no proof of Rose's claim. This story is getting interesting. Any folklorists have additional information. In the meantime, the song sounds great on a 12 string.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BynwqM3gz30