My arrangement of the classic. I've heard the lyrics were Foster's. I can't confirm it. I learned them from a musician named Steve Seal who played with Ace Weems' Fat Meat Boys. Steve played bass for my group as well as fiddle and banjo.

Rock the Cradle Joe ! ... Love this tune ! This was at little pickin' session with part of the Mountain Boomers. Great dance tune!

Handsome Molly played w/my band Goosetown Stringband. Me, lead singing/guitar; Marc Janssen, mando; Melissa Moreton, washtub; Brian Gotwals, clawhammer. Live gig at Uptown Bill's in Iowa City, Ia.

Trad tune Ricketts Hornpipe played for a friend who wanted a recording to learn it.

My darling and I visited a friend of ours half way across the State of Missouri just to play a lot of music in a few hours. Don and I had never played this song before although I remembered hearing Merle Travis sing it many years ago. This is truly a jam session piece with Don and me "learning on the fly". I think the results are pretty darn good. - - - - - Guitar and Singer: Kevin Kennedy (thanks for inviting us to your house); Banjo: Don Huber; Mandolin: Me - - - - -Song history- Song can be traced back to the 1890s and the tune was collected by Cecil Sharp in 1916.

Featuring Webber Octave Mandolin and Bart Reitter Standard Banjo.

Singing by Don Huber (banjo player) and ghost harmony by yours truly (mandolin plucker).

Heard a very backwoodsy Arkansas family sing the song this way ... we learned it mournfully.

Mandolin and guitar recorded on a pocket size four track recorder.

I play mandolin and two guitars on this recording made on a four track recorder.

Another recording on the four track digital recorder. I play mandolin, guitar and sing both voices.