I am trying to transcribe the Carson Robison recording, which is similar to the version posted by Michael Morris, but the first verse speaks of "the darkey like me" (similar to the verse in the Brown coll. from North Carolina).
The last verse suggests the Civil War period ("On a cool northern breeze"), as does the version posted by Morris.

I should have it worked out tomorrow. The recording is quite scratchy.

I picked up some 1930 sheet music on eBay which may or may not help with the origin.

In the first verse I hear 'corral' ("where Cora and I often stayed- Robison- or strayed), see Morris transcription, but it doesn't seem right, although the word started to appear in the American press in the 1850's.