This song is prime for parodies, well worth noting here. I have a tape of folklorist Barre Toelken in concert discussing and singing parodies of this song (for more about Toelken, see Weber Studies article and Westminster College article for citations).

My Dad, John Dwyer, taped the concert that was probably in the late 1970s up to the mid 1980s. I'll dig it out and make copies if anyone is interested (and will come back and post more information about the concert once I find the tape).

SRS