Black Jack Davy- Rhodes (MI) pre-2009 Rosenbaum
[No date given, no place given (ref. Roud), I don't have liner notes. From The Art of Field Recording: Volume II, released January 6, 2009. This appears to be similar to or based on Black Jack David as recorded by Warren Smith; 1956; Sun Records.
R. Matteson 2015]
Black Jack Davy- Sung by seven-year-old Ray Rhodes from Allegan County, Michigan.
1 Black Jack Davy comin' through the woods,
Sings so loud and merry,
Spotted him a black-headed maiden,
She[1] come and be my baby.
2. Now dear lads my name is Jack
I come from far away
Spotted me a black-headed maiden,
Won't you come and be my bride,
Won't you come and be my bride.
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1. Won't you