<P> The more the lyrics progressed, the faster it was sung, reminiscent of slave labor . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion with: more covers . You can help by adding to it . (February 2015) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion with: more covers . You can help by adding to it . (February 2015) </Td> </Tr> <P> The song has been covered by many artists including Harry Belafonte (in Belafonte, 1955), The Vipers Skiffle Group, The Quarrymen and Lonnie Donegan . A version by Johnny Cash appears in the Cash compilation album The Legend . </P>

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