Black Jack David- Hampton (NC) 1914 Rawn/Sharp
[Minor editing. From: Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at VWML) (CJS1/11/53). Collector: Campbell, Olive / Isabel N. Rawn. This was collected by Rawn and given to Campbell. For some reason (maybe the music was missing- at least there is no music in MS) this was not included in EFFSA.
Isabel Nauman Rawn was born in Fort Elliot, TX on Oct. 30, 1885 and died in Asheville, NC on Aug. 19, 1936. Her father was Maj. Charles C. Rawn and mother, Isabel Douglas Nawman. She married Thomas Lockwood Perry, son Thomas Lockwood Perry (Jr.) (1916-1991), daughter Priscilla Perry Forte, d. 2012.
Rawn (later Mrs. W. T. Perry) was a collector for the Brown Collection; also a friend of the Campbell family, gave ballads to Olive Dame Campbell, published without credit in Sharp EFSSA, 1917, 1932. Miss Isabel Rawn, attended Wellesley (graduated c. 1909), English teacher at the Mount Berry School, Mount Berry, Ga. (by 1914), writes that she has collected nine ballads in Georgia, largely from the girl students of her school.
R. Matteson 2015]
Black Jack David - Sung by Belvia Hampton of Warne, North Carolina in Dec 1914.
Black Jack David come a-running through the woods,
A-sanging oh so merrily,
He made green hills all around him ring,
And charmed the heart of a lady,
And charmed the heart of a lady.
Come go with me my pretty little miss,
Come go with me my honey,
I'll take you to the deep blue sea,
And you never shall want for money,
And you never shall want for money.
How old are you my pretty little miss,
How old are you my honey?
She answered mt with a "Tee, hee, haw:
"I'll be sixteen next Sunday,
I'll be sixteen next Sunday."
Go saddle me up my old gray horse,
Go saddle me up my darby.
I'll ride East and I'll ride west,
Till I overtake my honey,
Till I overtake my honey.
He rode and he rode till he came to the sea,
The sea so dark and lonely,
The tears came twinkling down his cheeks,
For there's a body's honey,
For there's a body's honey.
"Oh say will you leave your house and home,
Oh say will you leave your money?
Oh say will you leave your husband and babe,
And go with the Black Jack David,
And go with the Black Jack David?"
"Yes, I will leave my house and home
Yes, I will leave my money
Yes, I will leave my husband and babe,
And go with the Black Jack David,
And go with the Black Jack David."
"Last night I lay on a fine feather bed,
Beside my husband and baby,
But tonight I'll lay on the cold, cold ground,
Beside of the Black Jack David,
Beside of the Black Jack David."