Covers:

1898:

Craig Thomas [op Berliner-disc; oudste gezongen versie, heruit op cd-set Lost Sounds (zie ook: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child)]

1902:

Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan

1904:

Edison Quartet

1909:

Sousa's Band

1909:

Fisk Jubilee Singers [heruit op cd The Roots Of Van Morrison]

1913:

Knickerbocker Quartet

1915:

Alma Gluck

1919:

Henry Burr [als They'll Be Mighty Proud In Dixie Of Their Old Black Joe]

1930:

Paul Robeson [als Poor Old Joe]

1935:

Gene Krupa

1935:

Sons Of The Pioneers

1938:

Glenn Miller

1950:

Al Jolson

1960:

Jerry Lee Lewis [met de Gene Lowery Singers]

1970:

Johnny Cash

1971:

Jim Kweskin

1971:

Dave Edmunds [als I'm Coming Home]

2000:

Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis