Thanks for reminding me of this one Little Hawk. It brings back some fond memories for me. I used to have a book of American Folk songs (I think edited by Alan Lomax) and this one was in there and it became quite a family favourite.

My parents used to have a motor caravan and it was quite common for us to sing songs while travelling on a holiday and I would often accompany on guitar. Seems quite weird really - my parents and 4 kids singing their heads off travelling through the UK singing an American Civil War song!

Jon