[Meade - Earliest Report of Lyric 1910...The Tune Commonly Associated with this Song appears as the first part of \"Happy Home Waltz No.1\" by Julien Circa 1850]
Recorded 17 September 1927 by Marion Underwood
as \"Down In The Valley\"
10 November 1927 by Darby and Tarlton
as \"Birmingham Jail\"
and Hundreds of Others
Issued as Carson Robison Trio on Crown 3081 A
Recorded on FOUR Occasions
Recorded Circa February 1931 New York -
Carson Robison [harmonica/vcl duet/gt], Frank Luther [vcl duet/yodelling],
Frank Novak [accordion/xylophone/ bass clarinet] and Unknown [mandolin]
CARSON ROBISON
Born in Oswego KANSAS (1890 - 1957).
Prolific Songwriter who wrote the Famous Country Classics
\"Life Gits Tee - Jus Don't It\" and \"Barnacle Bill The Sailor\".
Recorded from 1924 to 1926 with Wendell Hall
1925 to 1928 with Vernon Dalhart
1928 to 1932 with Frank Luther
1932 to 1939 with The Buckaroos (aka Pioneers)
1941 to 1942 with New Buckaroos
1944 to 1953 Mainly SOLO
Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame 1971 and WMA Hall of Fame 2001
FRANK LUTHER.
Born Francis Luther Crow near Lukin, KANSAS (1899 - 1980).
Recorded Before 1928 with Various Bands
1928 to 1932 with Carson Robison
1932 to 1938 with Zora Layman and Len Stokes
1939 and 1940 with Zora Layman
SOLO 1941 and 1942 1945 to 1959