Old Man Mose, Louis Armstrong and Zilner Randolph, ASCAP Work No. 410125725.
Variations covered, Anne Rachel Music Corp., c/o Warner/Chapell Music Inc.
First recorded 1935.

Li'l Abner- initiated 1934. Don't know when Capp's Old Man Mose appeared in the strip.

Both may be loosely based on an old folk tale.