[2] The Metropolitan Quartet recorded the harmonized sentimental minstrel version in 1918, which has been digitized for online listening at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

[3] Performers modified the lyric over the years, eliminating Hays' "darky" dialect along with the original reference to slavery.

Oh the chimney's fallen down and the roof's all caved in Lettin' in the sunshine and the rain And the only friend I've got now is that good old dog of mine And the little old log cabin in the lane

Oh the trees have all growed up that lead around the hill The fences have all gone to decay And the creeks have all dried up where we used to go to mill And things have changed of course in another ways

Oh I ain't got long to stay here what little time I've got I want to rest content while I remain 'Til death shall call this dog and me to find a better home And leave th' little old log cabin in the lane