 The song contains the refrain"I know where I'm going"
"I know who's going with me"

"I know who I love"
"The devil/dear knows who I'll marry" The term in the fourth line is sometimes pronounced “deil,” an old Scottish version of “devil” as in Robert Burns's “The Deil’s awa' wi' the Exciseman.”

It was recorded by Burl Ives on 31 March 1941 for his debut album "Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger".It has also been recorded by Kathleen Ferrier, Odetta, The Weavers, The Clancy Brothers, Judy Collins, Barbara Dane, The Highwaymen, The New Christy Minstrels, Harry Belafonte, Carolyn Hester, and English singer Laura Wright.Pete Seeger sang the song to open Episode 16 of his Rainbow Quest television program, originally broadcast on 26 February 1966.