Collected from Mary Drain, AK, 1941. @murder @treachery filename[ DIXJHNSN play.exe DIXJHNSN RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY The oldest version that seems to have quite a bit in common with the one sung by Garcia is that sung by Justus Begley, vocal/banjo, Hazard, KY, for the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress, 17 Oct 1937: I started out from Memphis with two dollars and a dime I started out from Memphis, boys, with two dollars and a dime But I landed in old Hazard, boys, I did not have a shine Lord, I've been all around this world I went to work on the railroad, boys, the mud up to my knees I went to work on the railroad, boys, the mud up to my knees The boss come round to boss me, boys, I done just as I pleased God knows, I been all round this world I went up to the Midway Inn with money to shoot some dice I went up to the Midway Inn with money to shoot some dice They took from me my money, boys, I begged them for my life God knows, I've been all around this world The new railroad is finished, boys, the cars are on the track The new railroad is finished, boys, the cars are on the track My doney girl has left me, boys, I know that she won't come back God knows, I've been all around this world I went to the Blue Ridge Mountains and there'll I'll