Covers:

1923:

William B. Houchens [as Big Eared Mule in medley]

1923:

Fiddlin' John Carson [as Kickin' Mule]

1924:

Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett [as Buckin' Mule]

1924:

B.E. Scott [as Big Eared Mule]

1925:

Ernest V. Stoneman [as Long Eared Mule]

1926:

Uncle Jimmy Thompson [as Karo]

1927:

Highlanders [alias for Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers while recording for the Paramount label as Flop-Eared Mule]

1927:

Fiddlin' John Powers

1928:

Fiddlin' Doc Roberts

1928:

Bill Helms & His Upson County Band [as Roscoe Trillion]

1930:

Ukrainska Selska Orch. [as Dowbush Kozak, recorded in Camden, NJ]

1935:

James Morrison [as Bluebell]

1949:

Spade Cooley

1950s:

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

1952:

Jimmy Shand [top 20 UK in '55 as Bluebell Polka; George Martin producing; first recorded it in a medley for Beltone in '41]

1954:

Tommy Jackson

1956:

Alma Cogan [first vocal version as Bluebell]

1961:

Andy Griffith

1964:

Holy Modal Rounders

1966:

Henry Reed [Allan Jabbour recording for the LoC]

1968:

Dubliners [as The Donkey Reel]

1985:

Guy Carawan

1988:

Chet Atkins

1992:

Mike & Peggy Seeger [as The Kicking Mule]

1998:

Mike Seeger [as Flop-eared Mule]