"Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" was recorded in 1925 by Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers. According to Kinney Rorrer's book, Rambling Blues - The Life and Songs of Charlie Poole, another North Carolina musician, having learned the song from a local black guitarist in 1911, taught the words to Poole, who already knew the tune. This is essentially a "floating lyrics" song making its history almost impossible to trace. There are few if any field collections, but it is found on a number of old recordings, most of them listed in the New Lost City Ramblers Songbook. It was also recorded by Flatt and Scruggs and The New Lost City Ramblers among others.