On the Vanguard recording simply called Doc Watson, it says about this song (The Intoxicated Rat):
"Doc heard the Dixon Brothers' recording of this song (Bluebird BB 6327) when he was in his early teens and learned it at that time. Dorsey Dixon made up the song to the tune of Wade Mainer's version of "Three Nights Drunk" (an American derivation of Child Ballad number 274, 'Our Goodman). the Dixons simply sing the song to the accompaniment of straight Spanish and Hawaiian steel guitars; the monologe and sound effects are 'Watsonisms."