 In 1924, Fiddlin' John Carson recorded his version of the song.By the end of the decade at least another three recordings had been produced, by Uncle Dave Macon (1925), Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers (1927), and Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters (1928).In 2013 the song was used in "12 Years a Slave", Steve McQueen's film adaptation of the memoir by Solomon Northup.