Covers:

1921:

Southern 4 [op Edison]

1921:

Virginia Female Jubilee Singers

1926:

Norfolk Jubilee Quartet

1935:

Lead Belly [voor het Library of Congress en in '48 voor Folkways]

1938:

Frazier Family [Lomax recording]

1940:

Golden Gate Quartet [voor het Library of Congress]

1947:

Mahalia Jackson

1956:

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

1957:

Pete Seeger [voor Folkways en in '64 op Newport]

1958:

Caravans [zang: Inez Andrews]

1958:

Swan Silvertones [leadzanger Claude Jeters ad-lib "I'll be a bridge over deep water" bracht Paul Simon op ideeën]

1959:

Nat King Cole

1959:

Jimmy Witherspoon

1959:

Stonewall Jackson [hit C&W]

1959:

Clara Ward

1960:

Harmonizing Four

1960:

James Cleveland

1961:

Kingston Trio

1962:

Mel Tillis

1963:

Halifax Three [met Denny Doherty pre-Mamas And Papas]

1963:

Mississippi John Hurt

1963:

Bobby Darin

1964:

Soul Stirrers [productie: Sam Cooke]

1964:

James Brown [elementen in Oh Baby Don't You Weep]

1964:

Johnny Nash

1964:

Justin Hinds [als Jump Out Of The Frying Pan]

1964:

Laurel Aitken

1965:

Staple Singers

1967:

Skip James

1969:

Shirley Caesar [ex-Caravans]

1972:

Aretha Franklin [kende het van de Caravans]

1973:

Paul Simon [melodie en sfeer in Love Me Like A Rock]

1973:

Taj Mahal [met de Pointer Sisters]

1978:

Eric Gale

1983:

Prince [uit in '18 op Piano & A Microphone]

1988:

Take 6

2002:

Long John Baldry [op Lead Belly-tribute]

2003:

Ronnie Earl

2005:

Klezmatics

2005:

Aaron Neville

2006:

Bruce Springsteen