The Dixon Brothers version was the 78 from which Doc assembled his own wonderful version. Wade Mainer worked with the Dixons briefly, on radio, as part of Fincher's Crazy Water Crystals Group. According to Dorsey Dixon, Wade "helped" him copyrite some of the teams best songs including "I Didn't Hear Nobody Pray". Wåde put his name down as co-writer which was a common practice in the pretty cut-throat world of old-time music publishing. Later, when Dorsey's song was a huge hit for Acuff, Dorsey Dixon had to pay Mainer for the rights to his own song to be lawfully returned to him. This sort of thing was routine among legally unsophisticated performers. Hundreds of arrangements bear the name of unscrupulous producers and less scrupulous performers who would buy songs from down and outers for a round of drinks or $10. If they could get their hands on a potential source of royalties, ethics were of small concern. Dorsey Dixon died nearly blind and in poverty but left behind a legacy of many fine original songs and arrangements.