"The Wagoner's Lad", also known as "My Horses Ain't Hungry" is originally from England. This song was widespread in the Southern Mountains. The verses about failing love are related to the family of songs that include "Bachelor's Hall" "On Top of Old Smokey" "The Water is Wide" "The Butcher's Boy. It was printed in Lomax's Folk Songs of North America (1960), Belden's Ballads and Songs Collected by the Missouri Folk-Lore Society (1940), Belden and Hudson's The Frank C.Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore. Vol. 3 (1952), Randolph's Ozark Folk Songs (four-volume anthology) (1946–50), Sharp's English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians (1915), Seeger's American Favorite Ballads (as "My Horses Ain't Hungry") (1961) and Baez's The Joan Baez Songbook (1964). It has been recorded by a number of singers including Joan Baez and Buell Kazee.