Here's the entry from Folkindex. Hmmm. No old recordings listed. Anybody know of earlier recordings?
Talk About Suffering
Schoenberg, Eric (Ric). Steel Strings, Rounder 3041, LP (1982), cut#B.06
Skaggs, Ricky; and Tony Rice. Skaggs and Rice, Sugar Hill SH 3711, LP (1980), cut# 6
Watson, Doc. Doc Watson, Vanguard VSD-79152, LP (1964), cut#A.05
Other sources list several solo recordings by Ricky Skaggs, and the 1977 recording by John Renbourn. That's all - nothing earlier than Doc Watson's 1964 recording.
-Joe Offer-