The song has been covered many times, most frequently with Jimmie Rodgers ' version. Artists who have sung it include Tommy Duncan, Webb Pierce, Pink Anderson, Johnny Cash, Jim Jackson, Leon Russell, Mother McCree 's Uptown Jug Champions (featuring Jerry Garcia), Merle Haggard, Doc Watson, Prism, Suzy Bogguss (with Chet Atkins), and Tim Blake Nelson with The Soggy Bottom Boys in the film and soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou?. It was also one of the first songs learned by a teenage Joan Baez. The song shows up under different titles including "He 's in the Jailhouse Now, '' and some versions use the line "She 's in the graveyard now '' in the chorus.
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Tim Blake Nelson with The Soggy Bottom Boys