Theres no mystery about finding different versions of this one. The best understanding among blues historians is that the song goes back to about he 1860s and was a vaudeville standard. The whole POINT was to come u with new stories and verses, so many float around. And there are varations, as in Clifford Hayes' "Shes in the Graveyard Now", recorded with Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band in 1927--doubly interesting since Hayes later recorded with jimmie Rodgers, though not on the "Jailhouse: song.