I recently found the set of verses recorded:

You're correct, Qd, :

I used to live on the mountainside, but now I live in town
A-boarding at a big hotel and courting Betty Brown.

I don't like Old Joe Clark, I tell you the reason why,
He run through the field the other day and he tore down all my rye.

Old Joe Clark's a fine old man a-courtin Betty Brown
Old Joe Clark's a fine old man, from the top of the house on down.

I went over to Old Joe's house, he's standing in the door,
His shoes and stockings in his hand, his feet all over the floor.

(a parody on the verse sung by his father Ben, maybe ?)

Thanks for the replies, everyone.

@Dennis Jarrell - I think probably several of these choices of words is as you said, created in the moment from the many floating verses he knew. Thanks for replying to this thread.

I like especially his alternate 'Wreck of Old 97'.

A bit late reply here, I finally remembered this post.