Black Jack Daisy- Chandler (NC) 1975 REC
[From Dillard Chandler- The End of a Song, 1975 on Folkways. The title is inexplicable, perhaps that's the title Chandler gave John Cohen. Chandler sings Black Jack Davy four times and Black Jack Daisy only once.
R. Matteson 2012]]
Black Jack Daisy- Chandler (Madison Co., NC) 1975
Black Jack Davy came a-riding through the woods
He sung so loud and lovely.
He charmed the heart of a pretty fair miss,
And he charmed the heart of a lady
And he charmed the heart of a lady.
It's how old are you my pretty little miss
How old are you my honey?
She answered him with a tee-hee-hee,
I'll be sixteen of Sunday,
I'll be sixteen of Sunday.
It's come go with me my pretty little miss,
Come go with me my honey.
Take you to the deep blue sea,
Where you'll never want for money,
You'll never want for money.
That night when he came in,
Acquiring[1] of his lady;
The answer they did give to him,
She gone with the Black Jack Davy
She gone with the Black Jack Dasiy.
Go saddle up my branco[2] horse
While I put on my derby
It's I'll sail East and I'll sail West till I overtake my lady
Till I overtake my lady.
Well he rode East and he rode West
And down to the deep blue sea
And there he spied his lady
And there he spied his lady.
It's you pull off your lily-white gloves
All made of Spanish leather
It's you'll reach me your lily white hand
And we'll shake hands forever
And we'll shake hands forever.
It's well she pulled off her lily-white gloved.
All made of Spanish leather
Well she reached him her lily-white hand
And they shook hands forever
And they shook hands forever.
Said last night I slept on a feather bed
With my husband and baby
But tonight I'm sleeping on the cold cold ground
By the side of a Black Jack Davy
By the side of a Black Jack Davy
1. Inquiring (Spacing of stanza is wrong in the liner notes, I've edited it.)
2. bronco?