 Wright was born in Tennessee, February 21, 1877.It has been performed by a wide variety of famous recording artists including Tammy Wynette, Rosetta Tharpe, Johnny Cash, Alan Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Daniel O'Donnell, the Edwin Hawkins Singers, a duet by George Jones & Patti Page, Jim Reeves, Bob Dylan, Waylon Jennings, J. J. Cale, and James Blackwood's quartet.Dolly Parton recorded the song on her 1999 Dollywood-exclusive album benefitting the Dollywood Foundation, "Precious Memories".