It has been covered by many artists, including Sleepy John Estes, appearing in his 1964 album, Broke and Hungry Ragged and Dirty, Too, released by 77 Records.
A popular version of this song was played by Delta blues musician Willie Brown and was recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress in 1942.
Many years later, Lomax wrote in his book, Land Where The Blues Began, about the time when Brown sang "Ragged & Dirty", "William Brown began to sing in his sweet, true country voice, poking in delicate guitar passages at every pause, like the guitar was a second voice...".
[1] This was a different Willie Brown to the one that had recorded with several notable blues musicians, including Son House and Charley Patton.
Yank Rachell on mandolin, Hammie Nixon on harmonica Mike Bloomfield on guitar The first verse is the same as Jefferson's "Broke & Hungry".