harpgirl's version is in Arthur Palmer Hudson's Folksongs of Mississippi and Their Background (Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1936, pp. 162-3; version A); "Communicated by Mr. T.A. Bickerstaff. The MS. was given him by Mr. F.J. Welch, Tishomingo, who sang it." "Cocoanut Grove" is version B.