Utah Phillips does it but its "byline" is Sarah Carter 1975. I believe Sarah is of the famous Carter family.
Utah uses it as an interlude to some of his great political satire, weaving in and out of the song.

Nineteen sixteen I left my old home
Way out west no money, no home,
I went drifting along with the tide
And landed on the great divide,

* Railroading on the great divide,
Nothing around me but the Rockies and sky
There you'll find me as the years go by,
Railroading on the great divide

Ask any old-timer in old Cheyenne
Wyoming railroading's the best in this land
A long steel rail and a short cross-tie
I laid across the great divide *

As I look out over the trees,
Number three's coming the fastest on wheels
Through old Laramie she glides with pride
And rolls across the great divide. *