Dick, I'd put my money on Lomax's ear. I have the Leadbelly version recorded by Lomax & it's Eloise there, as I said above Black Samaon's version is also Eloise. It seems to me that Taj Mahal's (which to my ear sounded like Eloise) version may have come from another of Lomax's sources, collected in northern Florida, far from his other sources. At the time he was collecting with his father, I'd say four ears are better than two, the taping in those days, granted was not of the best, but the recordings are still pretty clear. The next best source for a song after the singers would be those that collected the songs from the original sources, if they're backed up by recordings & not flawed memory & there is more that one source, that's where I'm puttin my apples. I've always thought very highly of Allen Lomax, so I'm pretty much a doubting Barry on this one. Barry