Hi - a good place to start is The Traditional Ballad Index (click here). I've wondered where Lane County is, but I have to admit I haven't researched it. I had assumed it was the one in Oregon, but that Lane County doesn't get much snow, does it? (as my link shows, it has other nice features)
Click here for two versions of the song, right here in our Digital Tradition Folk Song Database.
-Joe Offer-

So, where is this Lane County?