Covers:

1898:

Cousins & DeMoss [DeMoss was also part of the Standard Quartette]

1902:

Dinwiddie Colored Quartette

1926:

Uncle Dave Macon [as Shout Mourner You Shall Be Free]

1927:

Carolina Tar Heels [as When The Good Lord Sets You Free]

1928:

Bill & Belle Reed [as You Shall Be Free]

1928:

Jules Allen [as Po Mourner]

1930s:

August de Laat [as O Mona]

1931:

Windy City Four [as Oh Mo'nah]

1931:

Ted Weems [idem; vocal: Country Washburn]

1931:

Roy Fox [idem; vocal: Nat Gonella]

1932:

Savoy Orpheans

1932:

Roy Starita [idem; vocal: also Nat Gonella]

1932:

Nat Gonella & Harry Roy [idem; hit version]

1932:

Ambrose

1932:

Billy Cotton

1932:

Bob Scholte [as Oh Kovacs; Dutch lyrics: Kovacs Lajos (alias Louis Schmidt)]

1933:

Lew Stone [vocal: again Nat Gonella]

1934:

Nat Gonella & his New Georgians

1936:

Bill Boyd & his Cowboy Ramblers [as You Shall Be Free, Monah]

1944:

Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly & Sonny Terry [as We Shall Be Free; released in '62]

1946:

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys [as Oh Monah]

1947:

Pee Wee King [idem]

1951:

Carl Sandburg [as Moorish Lady]

1958:

Bill Haley [rock 'n roll version as Whoa Mabel]

1970:

Nat Gonella & Ted Easton Jazzband [hit NL & B in '75 as Oh Mona]

1975:

Rita Corita [as Oh Kojak; probably inspired by Bob Scholte's version]

1987:

Havenzangers [as Oh Mona]