I heard a version by Pete Morton that I really liked. You can find him on Harbourtown Records at...
http://www.rootsworld.com/harbourtown/harbcat.html
PETE MORTON / ROGER WILSON / SIMON EDWARDS "Urban Folk Vol. 1" (Now available as a two CD set with Urban Folk Volume II, Self Destructive Fools) tracks: Love's Trainee (part one) / The Fox / Hey Joe / Lord Randall / Absent Love / Old Joe Clark - The Louisiana Two Step / Delia / Bleak Mist / Rambleaway / False Bride / Shadow of an Absent Friend / It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry.
Rick