Covers
- Alma Gluck whose 1916 version was the first celebrity recording by a classical musician to sell one million copies.
- Ray Charles released a cover of the song on his album Sings for America.
- Frankie Laine released a version of the song as the other side of the "Mule Train" single.
- Virginia O'Brien recorded this song in her trademark deadpan style in a dream sequence for Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round.
- Jerry Lee Lewis also recorded this song in 1963, his final offer at Sun Records.
- The Marching Virginians, the civilian marching band of Virginia Tech, performs this song as part of its repertoire, often following the fight song or a big play.
- A set of Christian Swedish lyrics, entitled "Striden på jorden evig ej skall vara", has been written. Bo Andersson and Per-Göran Ekeroos, duet, w. ensemble recorded it on December 3, 1966. The song was released on the extended play Harmoni HEP 264l.
- Maytime Sung by Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in Robert Z. Leonard's 1937 film "Maytime".
- Louis Armstrong and The Mills Brothers, recorded a cover together in 1937.
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