Artist: Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
Author: traditional
Label: Columbia
Year: 1925
His first hit, with Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister on the B-side (see there).
Covers:
W. Lee O'Daniel [western swing version]
Loudon Wainwright III [as The Deal on his Charlie Poole Project]
Dylan played it live and was at least lyrically inspired for his own The Deal Goes Down on Modern Times.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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