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BLACK JACK DAVY (THE GYPSY LADDIE; THE GYPSY DAVY) Sung by: Fleecy Fox Recorded in Mountain Home, AR 6/15/63 Click here to listen to the original recording And he sang, and he sang so boldly. He sung so loud, he made the hills ring, And charmed the heart of a lady, And charmed the heart of a lady. “Come go with me, my pretty little miss. Come go with me, my honey. I’ll swear by my . . . You never shall want for money. You never shall want for money.” She put off her high-heeled shoes, All made of Spanish leather. She put on her low-heeled shoes, And down the road together, And down the road together. When this young man came home that night, Inquiring of his lady, Fair young maid just replied “She’s gone with a Black Jack Davy. She’s gone with a Black Jack Davy.” “So saddle up my coal black horse, The roads are not so . . . I’ll ride all day; I’ll ride all night. I’ll overtake my lady, I’ll overtake my lady.” He rode all day, and he rode all night. The moon was shining brightly. The tears come trickling down his cheeks, And there he spied his lady, And there he spied his lady. “How can you forsaken your house and home, How can you forsaken your baby? How can you forsaken your own dear one, And go with a Black Jack Davy, And go with a Black Jack Davy?” “Very well can I forsaken my house and home, Very well can forsaken my baby. Much better can I ‘saken my own true one And go with a Black Jack Davy, And go with a Black Jack Davy.” She took off her sky-blue gloves, All made of Spanish leather. She gave him her little white hand. “So fare you well forever, So fare you well forever.” “Last night you slept on a warm feather bed, Beside of me and the baby. Tonight you’ll sleep on the cold, cold ground In the arms of a Black Jack Davy, In the arms of a Black Jack Davy.” Also found in Child, #200, “The Gypsy Laddie”; Randolph, Vol. I, #27, “The Gypsy Davy”; Brown, Vol. II, #37, “The Gypsy Laddie”; Belden, p. 73, “The Gypsy Laddie.” |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |