Meade et alia gives Madden and Morse (1903)under the title 'When we were two little boys'. Meade's first written citation is 'Bandy Legs Songster' (NYC, W.W. Delaney 1909). The first recording was by Bryon G. Harlan and Frank Stanley in 1903 (Edison 8480). It was recorded also by Billy Murray in September 1907. The first country music recording was by Dixon Brothers (Dorsey & Howard) in August 1937 in Charlotte, NC, (Montgomery Ward M4430).

[Info from Meade Spottswood and Meade 'Country Music Sources' p275],

--Stewie.