The second verse of "Goodnight Irene" had been collected by E. C. Perrow from "East Tennessee, Negroes, 1909."

19. Sometimes I Lib in de Country

Sometimes I lib in de country,
En sometimes I lib in town;
En sometimes I hab uh notion
Tuh jump in de ribber en drown.

In thread 76295, "On Top of Old Smoky," Masato posted Section VI of "Songs and Rhymes from the South," by E. C. Perrow. This verse appeared there. Old Smoky