I ran across this song by the Coon Creek Girls, who played at the Renfro Valley KY barn dance show in the 1930s. The chorus is similar to the Tell Ol Bill chorus except for the changing of the “so soon” line. Etta Mae Ledford was the mother of JP Pennington, later of Exile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PJqqSmKAdQ