| recordings |
|---|
| 1928-07-31 | Short Life of Trouble | | Grayson & Whitter | 2:45 |
| 1937 – 1941 | Short Life & It's Trouble | | Wade Mainer and The Sons of the Mountaineers | 2:27 |
| 1949-06 | Short Life of Trouble | | The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys | 2:31 |
| 1957-03-12 | A Short Life and Its Troubles | | The Maddox Brothers & Rose | 2:21 |
| 1961 | Short Life of Trouble | | Jimmie Skinner | 2:04 |
| 1962-03-21 | Life of Trouble | | Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | 2:43 |
| 1987-10-27 | Short Life of Trouble | cover and live | Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band | 3:46 |
| 1987-10-28 | Short Life of Trouble | live | Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band | 4:04 |
| 1987-10-31 | Short Life of Trouble | cover and live | Jerry Garcia Band | 3:43 |
| 1994 | Short Life of Trouble | | Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin | 4:20 |
| 2000-04 | A Short Life of Trouble | | Dave Alvin | 3:41 |
| 2000-06-26 – 2000-07-07 | Short Life of Trouble | | Reeltime Travelers | 3:43 |
| 2006-04 | Short Life of Trouble | | Carolina Chocolate Drops | 2:45 |
| A Short Life of Trouble | | Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley | 3:18 |
| A Short Life Of Trouble | | Buell Kazee | 2:54 |
| A Sound From the Basement | | Doug Sammons & Greg Clarke | 3:46 |
| Short Life and It's Trouble | | Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris | 2:25 |
| Short Life and It’s Trouble | | Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris | 2:28 |
| Short Life and It’s Trouble | | Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris | 2:28 |
| Short Life in Trouble | | Hobart Smith | 2:57 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Dudley Connell & Don Rigsby | 3:14 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Norman & Nancy Blake | 5:12 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Mac Wiseman | 3:26 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Buell Kazee | 2:53 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers | 2:47 |
| Short Life of Trouble | cover | Memphis Gerald | 4:46 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Emry Arthur | 3:05 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Carolina Chocolate Drops | 3:05 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Foghorn Stringband | 3:57 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Dave Evans and River Bend | 3:54 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Riley Puckett | 2:34 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | John Hartford | 1:38 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Iron Mountain String Band | 2:41 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Tangleweed | 3:23 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Ralph Stanley | 2:22 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys | 2:50 |
| Short Life of Trouble | | Joyce Andersen | 4:41 |
