Compare, also, Blind Willie (McTell)'s "Weary Hearted Blues," recorded for Victor in 1929 but never issued, and recorded again for ARC in 1933, on Vocalion 02668. Excellent retooling of the Lincoln song. "I used to jump [my songs] from other writers, but I'd 'range 'em up my way," as McTell told an interviewer in 1956.