Here's a version performed by Whitey and Hogan on Early Radio (Old Homestead Records OHCS-110, 1977), along with some accompanying liner notes. The album credits Arval Hogan and Roy "Whitey" Grant as the songwriters. The source of this particular recording is ultimately unclear, however it probably comes from "transcriptions and home recordings made in the forties and early fifties."

Especially interesting is "The Old Grey Mare Is Back Where She Used To Be", an old number that seems to foretell the energy crisis.

THE OLE GREY MARE IS BACK WHERE SHE USED TO BE

Oh the old spare tire, it ain't what it used to be
Ain't what it used to be
Ain't what it used to be
You can't tell now where the retread used to be many long years ago

So the old gray mare is back where she used to be
Back where she used to be
Back where she used to be
The old gray mare is back where she used to be many long years ago

She may be old and lean
But she don't need gasoline

Oh she flips her tail at a Ford and a Cadillac
Kicks at a Pontiac
Acts like a jumping jack
The old gray mare is back where she used to be many long years ago

Oh the farmer takes the old gray mare
And he waits by the side of a thoroughfare
He could make more dough just a-waking there
Than he could long years ago

A great big car comes a-whizzin' right past
Whizzin' right past
Going mighty fast
A few miles further he runs out of gas and the old mare pulls him home

The garage of yesterday is now filled up with hay
And instead of talk about tires and gas
We talk about corn and oats and grass
And the old gray mare is back where she used to be many long years ago