Ed McCurdy recorded a beautiful, slow, and - strange as it may sound - soulful version of this song. I only heard it once, on a CBC radio folk music program ("Touch the Earth"?) one night in the - late '60's? early '70's? - but I've never forgotten it. I had never before heard of Ed McCurdy, and didn't hear of him again for many years, till I shared the stage with him - or, rather, he shared the stage with me - shortly after he moved to Halifax, a few years before his death. We had a chat; he seemed a fine fellow - but I didn't ask about The Moonshiner ...