There are several other versions of this song: Dock Boggs' SAMMIE, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN SO LONG? Also there was KEMPY by Tommy Jarrel (I think)

The Lunsford version is wonderful and was rightfully selected by Harry Smith for his monumental Anthology of American Folk Songs. When I discovered the AAFS at Sam Goody's Record Store in NYC...what a revelation! I still have those six 1/8" thick LP's from about 1954-5, as well as the newer CD re-issues. (Larry) PARISH