Just reading over this old thread and I'm surprised no one's given me shit for saying that I taught "scool" for thirty years. I do know how to spell school...honest.

The "New Lost City Ramblers' Song Book" gives Fisher Hendley credit for this song and dates it in the mid-30s.

The NLCR Songbook has been re-released with a title "The Old Time String Band Songbook" or something similar.