Blackjack Davy- Davis (CA/OK) 1940 Todd
[From: Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941. This version is a mixture with the "Seventeen Come Sunday" text.
Davis commented at the end: "I learnt[sic) that song when I was 7 years old (1917) from my step-brother (name) in Oklahoma.
R. Matteson 2012, 2015]
Blackjack Davy- Mrs. O. C. Davis; Shafter FSA Camp, CA;1940/08/04; 30 years old, learned in Oklahoma recorded in California [Listen: Mrs. O. C. Davis]
Blackjack Davy come ridin' down the road,
He whistled loud and merry;
He made the green leaves around him ring,
And charmed the heart of a lady.
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 next Sunday,
I'll be sixteen next Sunday."
3. Come go with me my pretty little miss
Come go with me my honey
I'll drive . . .
You'll never want for money
You'll never want for money
4 How can I leave my house and land
How can I leave my baby,
How can I leave my husband too,
And go off with Black-Jack Davy,
And go off with Black-Jack Davy?
5. Sure you can leave your house and land
Sure you can leave your baby,
Sure you can leave your husband too
And go off with Black-Jack Davy,
[And go off with Black-Jack Davy].
6. She pulled off her them old cort shoes
Made of Spanish leather,
She put on a pair of high-heeled boots
And they both rode of together.
And they both rode of together.
7. Her husband came (missing - informant goes immediately into 2nd line)
Inquiring of his lady
8. Go saddle my horse, go saddle my horse
9. He rode all day and he rode all night,
Till he came to where the water's muddy,
10 How can you leave house and land
How can you leave my baby,
How can you leave my husband too,
And go off with Black-Jack Davy,
And go off with Black-Jack Davy?
11. Sure I can leave my house and land
Sure I can leave my baby,
Sure you can leave your husband too
And go off with Black-Jack Davy,
[And go off with Black-Jack Davy].
12. Last night
13 She pulled off her
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