Notes by Vance Randolph in Ozark Folksongs, rev. ed., vol. IV (p. 64):

I have seen a longer version of this piece in a "shape note" hymnal called Harvest Bells (ed. by Rev. W. E. Penn, St. Louis, n.d., No. 223), thw words credited to Dr. H. Bonar and the music to W.W. Bentley.