Covers:

1944:

Woody Guthrie [eigen lyrics en melodie; naast een meer orthodoxe versie samen met A.L. Lloyd, Ewan MacColl & Roy Harris]

1946:

Lead Belly-Woody Guthrie-Cisco Houston-Sonny Terry

1947:

22 & Group [Lomax opname in Parchman]

1956:

Lonnie Donegan

1956:

Jacques Jay et ses Joyeux Saltimbanques [als Laiss' tomber Joe]

1958:

A.L. Lloyd [als Skewball, met Steve Benbow op gitaar]

1959:

Ed Lewis & prisoners [Lomax opname in Lambert State Pen, MS]

1960:

Greenbriar Boys [eigen melodie die school maakte binnen folk-kringen]

1960:

Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon

1960:

Weavers

1962:

Coasters

1963:

Peter, Paul & Mary

1964:

Joan Baez [geven credits aan de Greenbriar Boys]

1964:

Chad Mitchell Trio [als Stewball & Griselda]

1966:

Hollies [idem]

1966:

Hugues Aufray [vertaald door Pierre Delanoë]

1971:

John Lennon & Yoko Ono [gebruikten fors de Greenbriar Boys versie in Happy Xmas (War Is Over); zie ook: Pledging My Love]

1972:

Steeleye Span

1974:

Martin Carthy [als Skewbald]

1976:

Andy Irvine & Paul Brady [als The Plains Of Kildare]

1985:

Doris Day

1986:

Alpha Blondy

1988:

Robert Earl Keen Jr.

1990:

Headcoats

1999:

Patrick Street [als Stewball And The Monaghan Grey Mare; met Andy Irvine]

2020:

Calexico [idem]

2020:

Alanis Morissette [als Happy Xmas]