Black Jack Boy- Hayes (TX) 1969 Hunter D
[My letter designation, Hunter D. From the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection; Cat. #1022 (MFH #39). Minor editing has been done to the transcriptions - a recording may be heard online.
Listen: http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=1022
R. Matteson 2015]
Black Jack Boy - As sung by Rhonda Hayes, Irving, Texas on October 18, 1969. Rhonda Hayes is originally from Bentonville, Arkansas.
VERSE 1
Black Jack Davy came a riding thru the woods
Singin' his song so gaily
He sang so loud he made the wildwoods ring
He charmed the heart of a lady
Charmed the heart of a wife
VERSE 2
The ole man he came home that night
Inquiring for his lady
Said, where is my wife
Servant thought before he spoke
She's gone with Black Jack Davy
Gone with the Black Jack boy
VERSE 3
Go saddle me up my milk white steed
An' saddle him so an' easy
I'll ride all night an' I'll ride all day
And overtake my lady
And overtake my wife
VERSE 4
Well, he rode all day an' he rode all night
Till he came to the edge of the water
An' there he spied on the other side
His wife an' Black Jack Davy
Wife an' the Black Jack boy.
VERSE 5
Will you forsake your house an' home
Will you forsake your baby?
Will you forsake the ones you love
To ride with Black Jack Davy
To ride with the Black Jack boy?
VERSE 6
Yes, I'll forsake my house an' home
And I'll forsake my baby
An' I'll forsake my house an' home
To ride with Black Jack Davy
To ride with the Black Jack boy
VERSE 7
Well, you pull off those Spanish gloves
Made of golden leather
Give to me your lily white hand
We'll bid farewell forever
Bid farewell, goodbye
VERSE 8
Last night I lay on my own feather bed
By the side of my little baby
Tonight I'll lay in the mud an' the rain
By the side of Black Jack Davy
By the side of the Black Jack boy