▁way ▁he ▁learned ▁from ▁his ▁un cles ▁Ter ( r ) ell ▁and ▁Bob . ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁he ▁had ▁made ▁the ▁song ▁his ▁own , ▁modifying ▁the ▁rh ythm ▁and ▁re writing ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁vers es . ▁John ▁and ▁Alan ▁L om ax ▁made ▁a ▁field ▁recording ▁of ▁Bob ▁Led bet ter ' s ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁song . ▁ ▁Le ad ▁Bel ly ▁continued ▁performing ▁the ▁song ▁during ▁his ▁prison ▁terms . ▁An ▁extended ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁that ▁includes ▁narr atives ▁connecting ▁the ▁vers es ▁appears ▁in ▁Neg ro ▁Fol k ▁Songs ▁as ▁S ung ▁by ▁Le ad ▁Bel ly . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁Wo ody ▁Gut hr ie ▁used ▁the ▁mel ody ▁for ▁his ▁New ▁De al ▁anth em ▁Roll ▁On , ▁Columbia , ▁Roll ▁On . ▁ ▁" I rene " ▁remained ▁a ▁st ap le ▁of ▁Le ad ▁Bel ly ' s ▁performances ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 4 0 s . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Le ad ▁Bel ly ' s ▁Library ▁of ▁Congress ▁recording ▁received ▁a ▁Gram my ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁Award . ▁ ▁Version ▁by ▁The ▁We a vers ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁one ▁year ▁after ▁Le ad ▁Bel ly ' s ▁death , ▁the ▁American ▁folk ▁band ▁The ▁We a vers ▁recorded ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁" Good night , ▁I rene ". ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁B - side ▁track ▁on