The origin of this song appears to be "De History ob de World" (1847). It's also known as Walkin' in the Parlor.

It's hard to establish the relationship with the fiddle tune which is usually instrumental but some of the versions have lyrics which are related.

I've done some research on my web-site but it's not well organized:

http://bluegrassmessengers.com.temp.realssl.com/walking-in-the-parlor--version-1-brown-collection.aspx

Richie