Black Jack David- Ellis (NC) c.1936 Lunsford Coll.
[No date given, probably transcribed and sung by a student informant, Oliver Ellis. Minor spelling corrections made. Informant not given; assume it's Ellis, who is listed as contributor. His MS taken from Southern Appalachian Archives, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies, Mars Hill University; Bascom Lamar Lunsford Collection, Box 71, First Folder.
R. Matteson 2015]
Black Jack David- Contributed by Oliver Ellis; Western, NC; circa 1936.
Black Jack David come riding through town,
Singing loud and merry;
He made them hills and mountains ring,
He charmed the heart of a lady.
How old are you my pretty miss
How old are you my honey?
She laughed and said with a Tee, hee hee,
"I will be sixteen next Sunday."
He put on his old gray boots
And she put on her high heel shoe(s),
And they both rode off together.
It was late when the land lord came,
Inquiring for his lady;
Somebody saddle my gray. . .
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