Kinney Rorrer's sleeve note to 'Blue Ridge Highballers' County 407 perhaps sheds some light:

Clarke sang on the remaining three sides. Clarke, who was blind, recorded two traditional mountain ballads, 'I'll Be All Smiles Tonight' and 'The Bright Sherman Valley' plus a composition of his own, 'Wish To The Lord I Had Never Been Born'. This last song was particularly interesting since it dealt with a local farm problem. Many tobacco farmers in the area had joined 'co-ops' in order to sell their tobacco directly to the tobacco companies without having to go through the middlemen at the locally-owned tobacco warehouse. The 'co-op' warehouse system was largely a failure by the mid-1920s. Clarke sang the song from the point of view of a farmer who had lost money through the 'co-ops' and was now regretting he had not sold his crop through the regular warehouse system. In the song, Clarke mentions several local people who were then involved in the 'co-op' controversy.

To my ears, the lyrics of the song differ in a number places from what is in the DT transcription. To decipher some of these old-time recordings, you need as many pairs of ears as possible. Here is where I hear differently:

Stanza I:

Wish to the lord I'd never been born
Died when I was a baby
Wouldn't been left to shed a tear
And eat so much old gravy


Stanza 2:

In this stanza, I cannot hear 'four horse dray', but what I do seem to hear makes no sense: 'I'd been ridin' in a four-day sale'.

Stanza 3:

In this stanza, I hear 'sold' rather than 'sow'. I cannot hear 'Delaware'; the word Clarke sings sounds like it starts with a 'V' - something like 'Vanaware House'. The final line, I hear as 'And hear ol' Sam Rob's call'.

Never sold on an open floor
You just wait till fall
I'm gonna drive in ? [Vanaware House]
And hear ol' Sam Rob's call

I hear the last 2 stanzas basically the same as in DT - 'long enough' rather than 'all your days' and 'he's busy' rather than 'I'm busy':

I want to hear Sam Robinson say
Drivin' to White Oak Mountain
You've been a durn fool long enough
You can drink right at this fountain

Henry Payne carries the mail
Sometimes rides a mule
Ain't got time to cuss no more
He's busy in that pool

Cheers, Stewie.