The original sheet music, copied correctly by Lomax and Lomax, 1938, in American Ballads and Folk Songs, pp. 227-228,is found in the first report of this controversial song, "Follow De Drinkin' Gou'd," 1928, Publ. Texas Folk-Lore Soc., No. VII, ed. J. Frank Dobie, pp. 81-83, "Foller De Drinkin' Gou'd," four verses and chorus.
Whether this is an old song or one devised by someone with access to information from Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, where it was collected, is not known.