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Black Jack Davey/Black Jack David/Black Jack Davy/Gypsy Davy/Gypsy Laddie
Note: The song melody is related to Black Eyed Daisy.
Fiddle Breakdown/Old-time Song; Ballad
ARTIST: Mike Seeger- Fresh Old-Time String Band Music 1992
Listen: Mike Seeger; 1992 Black Jack Davey
Listen: Bascom Lamar Lunsford; 1935 Black Jack Davy
Listen: Carter Family 1940 Black Jack David
Listen: Cliff Carlisle 1939 Black Jack David
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes;
DATE: 1800s- Early 1900s; "The Black-Eyed Daisy," sung by Mrs. Jennie Belvin, Durham, in 1920 or 21 in Brown Collection.
RECORDING INFO: Black Jack Davy/David [Ch 200/Sh 33/Me I-A12]
Rt - Fair Eloise and the Tinkers ; Clayton Boone ; Lady Cassilis' Lilt ; Raggle Taggle Gypsies ; Whistling Gypsy (Rover) ; Dark Eyed Gypsie ; Roving Ploughboy ; Johnny Faa/Faw ; Black Jack David ; Gypsy Laddie/Laddies ; Bill Harman ; Wraggle Taggle Gypsies O
At - It Was Late in the Night
Mf - Wae's Me for Prince Charlie
Sandburg, Carl (ed.) / American Songbag, Harcourt, Sof (1955/1928), p311 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Dunson, Josh; & Ethel Raim (eds) / Anthology of American Folk Music, Oak, Sof (1973), p108
Friedman, Albert B. (ed.) / Viking Book of Folk Ballads of the English-S, Viking, sof (1963), p108 [1940s]
Sing Out Reprints, Sing Out, Sof (1959), 1, p25 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Luboff, Norman; and Win Stracke (eds.) / Songs of Man, Prentice-Hall, Bk (1966), p 54 (Gipsy/Gipsum Daisy)
Leisy, James F. (ed.) / Folk Song Abecedary, Bonanza, Bk (1966), p148 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Aaron, Tossi. Tossi Sings Folk Songs and Ballads, Prestige International INT 13027, LP (196?), trk# B.03 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Aiken, Joseph. Archive of Folklife - listings from catalogs, Library of Congress, Sof (1972-), trk# A.01 [1966/05/31] (Black Eyed Daisy)
Anderson, Mrs. John. Flanders, Helen H. & George Brown / Vermont Folk Songs and Ballads, Folklore Associates, Bk (1968/1931), p220 [1930/10] (Seven Gypsies in a Row)
Bouterse, Curt; and Bob Webb. Waiting for Nancy, Dancing Cat EWM 1003, CD (2008), trk# 9 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Bowers, Bryan. View from Home, Flying Fish FF 037, LP (1977), trk# 4
Carter Family. Clinch Mountain Treasures, County CCS 112, Cas (1991), trk# 13 [1940/10/04]
Carter Family. Carter Family Album, Liberty LRP 3230, LP (196?), trk# B.01
Carter Family. Country & Western Classics, Time-Life Records TLCW-06, LP (1982), trk# 5.02 [1940/10/04]
Carter Family. Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol 4, Revenant RVN 211, CD (2004), trk# 1.03 [1940/10/04]
Caswell Carnahan. New Leaves on an Old Tree, Kicking Mule KM 313, LP (1981), trk# B.05a
Chandler, Dillard. End of an Old Song, Folkways FA 2418, LP (1975), trk# 2 (Black Jack Daisy)
Clarke, Greg. Solo, Clarke GC 1001, CD (2005), trk# 11
Clubb, Selma. Scarborough, Dorothy (ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p219,412 [1930]
Cogar, N. E.. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p132/# 21C [1922/01/12] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Cowan, Debra. Songs and Ballads of Hattie Mae Tyler Cargill, Folk Legacy CD 128, CD (2001), trk# 4 (Dark Skinned Davey)
Cox, John Harrington. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p130,524/# 21A [1920s] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Dane, Barbara. Anthology of American Folk Songs, Tradition TR 2072, LP (196?), trk# B.01 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Davis, Ace. Thede, Marion (ed.) / The Fiddle Book, Oak, Bk (1967), p 51 [1930s]
Davis, Mary Jo. Folk Music USA. Vol. 1, Folkways FE 4530, LP (1959), trk# B.02 [1955]
de Wolfe, Dean. Folk Swinger, Audio Odessey DJLP 4030, LP (196?), trk# B.04
Doran, Paddy. Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 5. The Child Ballads, Vol. II, Caedmon TC 1146, LP (1961), trk# A.08c [1950s]
Dusenberry, Emma L.. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p152/# 27A [1930/06/01] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/D
Edwards, Don. West of Yesterday, Warner 4-46187, Cas (1996), trk# A.03 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Ford, Brownie. Stories from Mountains, Swamps & Honky-Tonks, Flying Fish FF 90559, Cas (1990), trk# B.01 [1981/05]
Foster, Harriet. Scarborough, Dorothy (ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p221,412 [1930ca] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Fredrickson, Dave. Asch, Moses (ed.) / 124 Folk Songs as Sung and Recorded on Folkways Reco, Robbins, Fol (1965), p 50 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Gant Family. Lomax, John A. & Alan Lomax / Our Singing Country, MacMillan, Sof (2000/1941), p156 [1934]
Gentry, Jane. Sharp, Cecil & Maude Karpeles (eds.) / Eighty English Folk Songs from th, MIT Press, Sof (1968), p 46 [1917ca] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Gladden, Texas. Ballad Legacy, Rounder 11661-1800-2, CD (2001/1941), trk# 22 [1941/08] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Golden Bough. Boatman's Daughter, Kicking Mule KM 324, LP (1983), trk# A.01a
Goodhue, F. M.. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p155/# 27C [1930/06/30] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Greer, Jim; and the Mac-O-Chee Valley Boys. Stars of the WWVA Jamboree, Rural Rhythm RRGreer 152, LP (1966), trk# B.03
Guthrie, Arlo. Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys, Reprise MS 2142, LP (1973), trk# A.02 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Guthrie, Woody. Anglo American Ballads, Library of Congress AFS L 1, LP (1956), trk# A.03 [1940] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Hall, Mary. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p155/# 27D [1942/03/14] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Harrington, Mrs. Ralph. Flanders, Helen H. & George Brown / Vermont Folk Songs and Ballads, Folklore Associates, Bk (1968/1931), p220 [1930/09/13] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Hellman, Neal. Dulcimer Players News, DPN, Ser, 1/6, p11(1975)
Ingersoll, Genevieve. Scarborough, Dorothy (ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p223,413 [1930ca] (Lady's Disgrace)
Jones, Bob. New Folks Vol. 2, Vanguard VRS 9140, LP (1964), trk# B.07
Kazee, Buell. Buell Kazee, June Appal JA 009, LP (1977), trk# 10
Kerr, Sandra and Nancy. Neat and Complete, Fellside FECD 107, CD (1996), trk# 8 (Seven Yellow Gypsies)
Lunsford, Bascom Lamar. Appalachian Minstrel, Washington VM 736, LP (1956), trk# B.03
MacArthur, Margaret. Folksongs of Vermont, Folkways FH 5314, LP (1963), trk# A.03 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
MacColl, Ewan; and Peggy Seeger. Matching Songs of the British Isles and America, Riverside RLP 12-637, LP (195?), trk# 6
McBee, Hamper. Raw Mash, Rounder 0061, LP (1978), trk# 10
McCord, May Kennedy. Owens, William A. (ed.) / Texas Folk Songs. 2nd edition, SMU Press, Bk (1976/1950), p 29 [1939]
McCord, May Kennedy. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p157/# 27F [1941/01/06] (Heartless Lady)
McCord, May Kennedy. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p158/# 27G [1941/10/21] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/D
McCurdy, Ed. Ballad Record, Riverside RLP 12-601, LP (1955), trk# A.09
McKinney, "Tip" Lee Finis Cameron. I'm Old But I'm Awfully Tough, MFFA 1001, LP (1977), trk# 19 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
New Lost City Ramblers. New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 4, Folkways FA 2399, LP (1962), trk# 3
New Lost City Ramblers. Remembrance of Things to Come, Folkways FTS 31035, LP (1973/1966), trk# 12 (Black Jack Daisy)
O'Neill, Rose. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p155/# 27E [1938/05/14] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Okun, Milt. Adirondack Folk Songs and Ballads, Stinson SLP 82, LP (1963), trk# 8 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Older, Lawrence. Adirondack Songs, Ballads and Fiddle Tunes, Folk Legacy FSA 015, Cas (1964), trk# A.12 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Old Hat Band. Concert, Voyager VRLP 307-S, LP (1972), trk# 5
Proffitt, Frank. Frank Proffitt of Reese, North Carolina, Folk Legacy FSA 001, Cas (1962), trk# B.05 (Gyps of David)
Putnam String County Band. Home Grown, Rounder 3003, LP (1973), trk# 9
Queen, Mary Jane; and Family. Fist Full of Songs, Charlotte Folk Music Soc CFMS 101, Cas (199?), trk# A.06
Raese, John. Cox, John Harrington (ed.) / Folk-Songs of the South, Dover, Sof (1967/1925), p131/# 21B [1916/03/24] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Ramsey, Obray. Obray Ramsey Sings Folksongs from the Three Laurels, Prestige International INT 13020, LP (196?), trk# B.05
Riddle, Almeda. Abrahams, Roger D.(ed.) / A Singer and Her Songs. Almeda Riddle's Book o, Louisiana State U. Press, Bk (1970), p 27 [1964-67]
Risinger, Robert L.. Moore, Ethel & Chauncey O.(ed.) / Ballads and Folk Songs of the Southwes, Univ. of Okla, Bk (1964), p 97/# 38 [1940s] (Blackjack Davy)
Ritchie, Frank. The Singing Ulsterman, Request RLP 8057, LP (1970), trk# A.02 (Brown Eyed Gipsies)
Robertson, Jeannie. Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 5. The Child Ballads, Vol. II, Caedmon TC 1146, LP (1961), trk# A.08b [1950s]
Roth, Kevin. Kevin Roth Plays the Dulcimer, Folkways FA 2367, LP (1975), trk# 9
Roth, Kevin. Hellman, Neal / Dulcimer Songbook, Oak, Sof (1977), p82
Schilling, Jean. Old Traditions, Traditional JS-5117, LP (1974/1967), trk# B.05
Seeger, Mike. Fresh Oldtime String Band Music, Rounder 0262, LP (1988), trk# 3
Seeger, Peggy. Tom Paley and Peggy Seeger, Elektra EKL 295, LP (1966), trk# B.02 (Heartless Lady)
Seeger, Pete. American Ballads, Folkways FA 2319, LP (1957), trk# 8
Seneff, Liz. Now Listen to Liz, Gateway GLP-2081, LP (196?), trk# A.04 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Shanghaied on the Willamette. Weighing Anchor, SOW CD 101, CD (1997), trk# 14
Shiflett, Robert. Abrahams, Roger; & George Foss / Anglo-American Folksong Style, Prentice-Hall, Sof (1968), 9-5 [1961] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Skofield, P. F.. Morris, Alton C. / Folksongs of Florida, Univ. Florida, Bk (1950), p306/#166B [1934-39] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Slade, Mrs. Asenath Slade. Linscott, Eloise Hubbard (ed.) / Folk Songs of Old New England, Dover, Bk (1993/1939), p207 [1920-30s] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Sprung, Roger; & his Progressive Bluegrassers. New and Original Sound of Irish-Grass, Showcase, LP (1982), trk# A.02
Stuart, Alice. All the Good Times, Arhoolie 4002, LP (1964), trk# A.05
Talley, James. Woody Guthrie and Songs of My Oklahoma Home, Cimarron CIM 1009, CD (1999/1994), trk# 10 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Taussig, Harry. Taussig, Harry / Advanced Guitar, Oak, Sof (1975), p112 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Taussig, Harry. Taussig, Harry / Folk Style Autoharp, Oak, Sof (1967), p 61
Thompson, Joe. Family Tradition, Rounder 2161, CD (1999), trk# 6 (Black Eyed Daisy)
Thompson, Joe; and Odell Thompson. Old Time Music. The Essential Collection, Rounder 1166, CD (2002), trk# 14 [1988ca] (Black Eyed Daisy)
Traum, Happy. Relax Your Mind, Kicking Mule KM 110, LP (1975), trk# A.02 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Trickett, Ed. Continuing Tradition. Volume 1: Ballads. A Folk Legacy Sampler, Folk Legacy FSI 075, LP (1981), trk# A.02 (Black Jack Gypsy)
Trivett, Joseph Able (Abe). Joseph Able Trivett, Folk Legacy FSA 002, LP (1962), trk# 14 [1961/09]
Vermont Performing Arts League Singers. Vermont Sampler. A Collection of Traditional Songs & Dance Tunes, Vermont Performing Arts VPAL 103, LP (1991), trk# B.04 (Gipsy/Gip
Warner, Frank. Our Singing Heritage. Vol III, Elektra EKL 153, LP (1958), trk# B.05
West, Harry and Jeanie. Smokey Mountain Ballads, Counterpoint/Esoteric CPT-545, LP (197?), trk# 5
West, Harry and Jeanie. Harry and Jeanie West, Archive of Folk Music FS-208, LP (196?), trk# 5
West, Hedy. West, Hedy / Serves 'Em Fine, Fontana STL 5432, LP (1967), trk# 2 (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Widdemer, Margaret. Scarborough, Dorothy (ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p224,414 [1930ca] (Gypsy/Gypsum Davy/Daisy)
Black Jack Davy (Tune)
Rt - Western Country
Mize, Seth. Rackensack. Volume 2, Driftwood LP 279, LP (1972), trk# B.04
OTHER NAMES: Fair Eloise and the Tinkers; Clayton Boone; Lady Cassilis' Lilt; Raggle Taggle Gypsies; Whistling Gypsy (Rover); Dark Eyed Gypsie; Roving Ploughboy ; Johnny Faa/Faw; Black Jack David; Gypsy Laddie/Laddies; Bill Harman; Wraggle Taggle Gypsies O
RELATED TO: "Send for the Fiddle, Send for the Bow," Dink Roberts/Elizabeth Cotton
"Western Country" "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" Tune and lyrics:
Fly around my pretty little Miss, Fly around my daisy
Fly Around my pretty little Miss, Almost drives me crazy
Ballad Index Notes: Gypsy Laddie, The [Child 200]
DESCRIPTION: A lord comes home to find his lady "gone with the gypsy laddie." He saddles his fastest horse to follow her. He finds her and bids her come home; she will not return, preferring the cold ground and the gypsy's company to her lord's wealth and fine bed
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1740 (Ramsay)
KEYWORDS: elopement Gypsy marriage abandonment husband wife
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber,Bord,High),England(All)) US(Ap,MA,MW,NE,So,SE,SW) Canada(Mar,Newf,Ont) Ireland
REFERENCES (56 citations):
Child 200, "The Gypsy Laddie" (12 texts)
Bronson 200, "The Gypsy Laddie" (128 versions+2 in addenda)
Greig #110, pp. 1-3, "The Gipsy Laddies" (3 texts)
GreigDuncan2 278, "The Gypsy Laddie" (11 texts, 7 tunes) {A=Bronson's #45, B=#47?, C=#43, D=#44, E=#48, F=#3, G=#88}
Butterworth/Dawney, p. 14, "Gipsy Laddy O" (1 text, 1 tune)
BarryEckstormSmyth pp. 269-277, "Gipsy Davy" (4 texts plus 2 fragments and a quoted broadside, 2 tunes) {Bronson's #109, #110}
Flanders-Ancient3, pp. 193-229, "The Gypsy Laddie" (19 texts plus 6 fragments, 8 tunes) {N=Bronson's #107}
Linscott, pp. 207-209, "Gypsy Daisy" (1 text, 1 tune)
Belden, pp. 73-76, "he Gypsy Laddie" (3 texts plus portions of another)
Randolph 27, "The Gypsy Davy" (6 texts plus 2 fragments, 4 tunes) {Randolph's A=Bronson's #100, E=#103, G=#123, H=#40}
Randolph/Cohen, pp. 49-51, "The Gypsy Davy" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 27G) {Bronson's #123}
Eddy 21, "The Gypsy Laddie" (1 text plus a fragment, 2 tunes) {Bronson's #77, #98}
Davis-Ballads 37, "The Gypsy Laddie" (7 texts plus a fragment, 3 tunes) {Bronson's #6, #91, #33}
Davis-More 33, pp. 253-261, "The Gypsy Laddie" (5 texts, 2 tunes)
BrownII 37, "The Gypsy Laddie" (6 texts plus an excerpt, many of them mixed with "Sixteen Come Sunday"; "D" also partakes of "Devilish Mary")
Chappell-FSRA 16, "Gypsy Davy" (1 fragment)
Hudson 20, pp. 117-119, "The Gypsy Laddie" (2 texts)
Cambiaire, pp. 59-60, "The Gypsy Laddie (Gypsy Davy)" (1 text)
Shellans, pp. 36-37, "The Radical Gypsy David" (1 text, 1 tune)
Scarborough-SongCatcher, pp. 215-225, "The Gypsy Laddie" (7 texts, with local titles "The Three Gypsies," "Black Jack Davy," "Gypsia Song," Oh Come and Go Back My Pretty Fair Miss," "Gypsy Davy," "The Lady's Disgrace," "Gypsy Davy"; 5 tunes on pp. 411-414) {Bronson's #75, #126, #106, #32, #9]
Brewster 19, "The Gypsy Laddie" (1 text)
Creighton/Senior, pp. 71-72, "The Gypsy Laddie" (1 fragment, 1 tune) {Bronson's #10}
Creighton-SNewBrunswick 4, "Gypsie Laddie" (1 text, 1 tune)
Greenleaf/Mansfield 16, "The Dark-Clothed Gypsy" (2 texts, 1 tune) {Bronson's #50}
Peacock, pp. 194-197, "Gypsy Laddie-O" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
Karpeles-Newfoundland 17, "The Gypsy Laddie" (3 texts, 4 tunes)
Flanders/Brown, pp. 220-221, "Gypsy Daisy," "Seven Gypsies in a Row" (1 text plus a fragment)
Leach, pp. 539-543, "The Gypsy Laddie" (4 texts)
Friedman, p. 105, "The Gypsy Laddie (Johnny Faa)" (2 texts)
OBB 148, "The Gypsy Countess" (1 text)
Warner 42, "Gypsy Davy" (1 text, 1 tune)
PBB 18, "The Gypsy Laddie" (1 text)
Tunney-StoneFiddle, p. 110, "The Seven Yellow Gipsies" (1 text, 1 tune)
Sharp-100E 5, "The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies, O!" (1 text, 1 tune)
Niles 52, "The Gypsy Laddie" (1 text, 1 tune)
Ritchie-Southern, p. 80, "The Gypsy Laddie" (1 text, 1 tune) {cf. Bronson's #38, a separate, somewhat different transcription}
SharpAp 33, "The Gypsy Laddie" (5 texts plus 5 fragments, 10 tunes) {Bronson's #35, #21, #17, #26, #20, #97, #33, #104, #36, #34}
Sharp/Karpeles-80E 22, "Gypsy Davy (The Gypsy Laddie" (1 text, 1 tune -- a composite version) {Bronson's #26}
Sandburg, p. 311, "Gypsy Davy" (1 fragment, 1 tune) {Bronson's #99}
SHenry H124, p. 509, "The Brown-Eyed Gypsies" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hammond-Belfast, p. 57, "The Dark-Eyed Gypsy" (1 text, 1 tune)
Asch/Dunson/Raim, p. 108, "Black Jack David" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hodgart, p. 72, "The Gypsy Laddie" (1 text)
JHCox 21, "The Gyspy Laddie" (4 texts, 1 tune) {Bronson's #94}
JHCoxIIA, #10A-C, pp. 40-45, "Gypsy Davy," "The Raggle Taggle Gypsies, O," "The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies, O" (3 texts, 2 tunes) {Bronson's #9, #74}
Ord, pp. 411-412, "The Gypsie Laddie" (1 text, 1 tune) {Bronson's #60}
Fowke/MacMillan 76, "Seven Gypsies on Yon Hill" (1 text, 1 tune)
TBB 6, "The Gipsy Laddie" (1 text)
Abrahams/Foss, pp. 181-184, "Gypsy Davey"; "Gypsy Laddie O"; "Gypsy Laddie" (3 texts, 3 tunes) {Bronson's #83, #81, #27}
Darling-NAS, pp. 75-78, "The Gypsy Laddie"; "Gyps of David"; "Gypsy Davy (Catskill's)"; "The Gypsy Laddie" (3 texts plus a fragment)
Gilbert, p. 35, "The Gypsy Davy" (1 text)
Silber-FSWB, p. 194, "Gypsy Davey"; p. 211, "The Gypsy Rover"; p. 213, "The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies" (3 texts)
BBI, ZN2567, "There was seven Gipsies all in a gang"
DT 200, GYPDAVY GYPLADD GYPLADD2* GYPLADD3 GYPLADX GYPBLJK* GYPSYRVR* GYPHARBR* BLCKJACK* BLCKJCK2 BLKJKDAV GYPLADY*
ADDITIONAL: Walter de la Mare, _Come Hither_, revised edition, 1928; #83, "The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies" (1 text)
Maud Karpeles, _Folk Songs of Europe_, Oak, 1956, 1964, pp. 38-29, "The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies O!" (1 text, 1 tune).
Roud #1
RECORDINGS:
O. J. Abbott, "The Gypsy Daisy" (on Abbott1)
Cliff Carlisle, "Black Jack David" (Decca 5732, 1939)
Carter Family, "Black Jack David" (Conqueror 9574, 1940)
Dillard Chandler, "Black Jack Daisy" (on Chandler01)
Robert Cinnamond, "Raggle Taggle Gypsies-O" (on IRRCinnamond02)
Harry Cox, Jeannie Robertson, Paddy Doran [composite] "The Gypsy Laddie" (on FSB5 [as "The Gypsie Laddie"], FSBBAL2) {cf. Bronson's #42, #45.1}
Mary Jo Davis, "Black Jack Davy" (on FMUSA)
Woody Guthrie, "Gypsy Davy" (AFS, 1941; on LCTreas)
Harry Jackson, "Clayton Boone" (on HJackson1)
Margaret MacArthur, "Gypsy Davy" (on MMacArthur01)
New Lost City Ramblers, "Black Jack David" (on NLCR04); "Black Jack Daisy" (on NLCR14, NLCRCD2)
Maire Aine Ni Dhonnchadha, "The Gypsy-O" (on TradIre01)
Lawrence Older, "Gypsy Davy" (on LOlder01)
Walter Pardon, "Raggle-Taggle Gypsies" (on Voice06)
Jean Ritchie, "Gypsy Laddie" (on JRitchie01) {Bronson's #38}
Jeannie Robertson, "The Gypsy Laddies" (on Voice17)
Pete Seeger, "Gypsy Davy" (on PeteSeeger16)
Warren Smith, "Black Jack David" (Sun 250, mid-1950s)
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 11(1446), "Gypsy Laddie," W. Stephenson (Gateshead), 1821-1838; also Harding B 11(2903), "Gypsy Loddy"; Harding B 19(45), "The Dark-Eyed Gipsy O"; Harding B 25(731), "Gipsy Loddy"; Firth b.25(220), "The Gipsy Laddy"; Harding B 11(1317), "The Gipsy Laddie, O"; Firth b.26(198), Harding B 15(116b), 2806 c.14(140), "The Gipsy Laddie"; Firth b.25(56), "Gypsie Laddie"
Murray, Mu23-y3:030, "The Gypsy Laddie," unknown, 19C
NLScotland, L.C.Fol.178.A.2(092), "The Gipsy Laddie," unknown, c. 1875
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Roving Ploughboy" (theme, lyrics, tune)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Black Jack Davy
Clayton Boone
The Gypsy Davy
Johnny Faa
Davy Faa
The Wraggle Taggle Gypsy
The Lady and the Gypsy
Harrison Brady
Gypson Davy
Black-Eyed Davy
The Heartless Lady
Egyptian Davio
It Was Late in the Night
When Johnny Came Home
The Gyps of Davy
The Dark-Clothed Gypsy
NOTES: Hall, notes to Voice17, re "The Gypsy Laddies": "Francis James Child locates the history behind the ballad to the expulsion of the Gypsies from Scotland by Act of Parliament in 1609, and the abduction by Gypsies of Lady Cassilis (who died in 1642), her subsequent return to her home and the hanging of the Gypsies involved. [ref. Child, IV, pp. 63-5.]"
Jeannie Robertson's version on Voice17 follows Child 200C,G in that the Gypsies are hanged in the last verse. - BS
Although the hero of this song is often called "Johnny Faa" or even "Davy Faa," he should not be confused with the hero/villain of "Davy Faa (Remember the Barley Straw)." - RBW
[Silber and Silber mis-identify all their texts] as deriving from "Child 120," which is actually "Robin Hood's Death." - PJS
Also sung by David Hammond, "The Dark-Eyed Gypsy" (on David Hammond, "I Am the Wee Falorie Man: Folk Songs of Ireland," Tradition TCD1052 CD (1997) reissue of Tradition LP TLP 1028 (1959)) Sean O Boyle, notes to David Hammond, "I Am the Wee Falorie Man: Folk Songs of Ireland": "The tune has been known in the O Boyle family for four generations and has never been published." - BS
Notes from Andrew Kuntz: BLACK JACK DAVY [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. A Major. AEae tuning. One part. “Black Jack Davy” is the name of a ballad, a variant of “The Gypsy Laddie” (Child No. 200), which has been collected in the United States in the Appalachians and Midwest. However, as a fiddle tune (collected in the Midwest) only the title appears to be related, while the music does not seem to be based on any ballad air. Source for notated version: Ace Davis (Lincoln County, Oklahoma) [Thede]. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 51.
BLACK JACK DAVY [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. No relation to “Black Jack Davy [1].” An idiosyncratic (perhaps family—source Mize learned many of his tunes from his grandfather) version. Source for notated version: Seth Mize (1901-1977, Searcy County, Arkansas) [Beissenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 90. Rimrock LP 279, Seth Mize – “The Rackensack, vol. 2” (1972)
SOURCES: Folk Index; Ballad Index; Mudcat; Kuntz;
NOTES: After some deliberation I've decided to include "Black Jack Davy" in my fiddle tune section because the ballad tune has been collected (Parler, 1954) as a fiddle solo, the melody is used for the fiddle tune "Black Annie" which appeared in Thede's A Fiddle Book, and the tune is closely related to and sometimes used in the "Western Country/Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" songs. The melody has many variants and there are many lyrics versions. I'm not going to post all the over 200 lyric versions. They can be found here: http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/us--canada-versions-200-the-gypsy-laddie.aspx
I've included this version as a tribute to Mike Seeger who lived performing old-time music until his recent death.
Many old-time country versions were based on Cliff Carlisle's monumental 1939 recording titled "Black Jack David." A year later the Carter Family did a cover of the song. Carlisle's version features a cool slide guitar solo which was copied by Doc and Rcihard Watson (Doc's rendition just has a guitar break). I remember when I was giving workshops at Merlefest in the mid- 1990s hearing Happy Traum play a great fingerstyle guitar arrangement of Black Jack Davy (I believe it was in the key of D Travis-style with drop D). The song had and still has a powerful effect on me.
The first country listing by Meade is Black Jack David parts 1 & 2 by Mr. and Mrs. Greer in 1929. Then came Carlisle's version which he learend from T. Texas Tyler (AKA David Myrick) in the 1930s when they worked together on radio. After the Carter's covered Carlisle's version, Tyler recorded his version in 1945.
Tyler's version is on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ6tQ-QtIeI
As is the rockabilly version by Warren Smith (1956) titled Black Jack David
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDV4Viw8BQM&feature=related
I have a gut feeling that the Carter's covered Carlisle's popular version and edited out the spicy verses. A.P. may have heard the record or even got the lyrics second hand from someone else that heard the record. At the time A.P and Sara were having their own marital problems and I'm sure the song was an unpleasant reminder of that for A.P.
Black Jack David certainly came a long was from the Scottish Lady Cassilis who eloped with a handsome gypsy. Here's more from Andrew Kuntz:
LADY CASSILIS'/CALLILLES LILT. AKA and see "Johnnie Faa." Scottish, Reel. From the Scottish Skene Collection, a mandora book, c. 1615-1620. Robin Williamson notes that Lady Cassilis famously eloped with a handsome gypsy, which act was immortalized in a much-diseminated and popular ballad family under such names as 'Johnie Faa,' 'The Raggle Taggle Gypsies,' and (in America) 'Black Jack David.' He relates there is some doubt as to the event's historical accuracy, but that even the earliest versions agree as to her name. The melody became the basis for a host of popular ballads of various sorts, including Cazden's (et al, 1982) Catskill Mountain (New York) collected "The Ship's Carpenter," several Child ballads and many others, including American shape-note hymns. Flying Fish Records, FF358, Robin Williamson - "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, Vol. 1" (melody from the Skene).
BLACK JACK DAVEY- Mike Seeger
Listen: Mike Seeger; 1992 Black Jack Davey
(banjo and vocal)
Black Jack Davey came a-ridin' through the woods
A-whistlin' and a-singin'.
Make the woods around him ring,
And charmed the heart of a lady,
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 lovin' smile,
I'll be sixteen of Sunday,
Be sixteen of Sunday.
Come go with me my pretty little miss,
Come go with me my honey.
Take you where the grass grows green,
And you'll never want for money,
You'll never want for money.
Pull off, pull off those high-heel shoes
All made of the Spanish leather.
Get behind me on my horse,
And we'll ride off together
We'll both ride off together.
She pulled off those high-heel shoes
All made of the Spanish leather.
Got behind him on his horse,
And they ride off together
They both ride off together.
[brief break]
That night her husband he came home,
Inquirin' for his lady.
Servants spoke before she thought,
"She's with the Black Jack Davey,
"Rode off with the Black Jack Davey."
Go saddle me up my coal black stud,
He speedier than the gray.
I rode all day and I'll ride all night,
And I'll overtake my lady
I'll bring home my lady.
Well he rode all night 'til broad daylight
Til he came to the river of *Aiken
There he spied his darlin' bride
In the arms of Black Jack Davey,
Wrapped up with the Black Jack Davey.
Pull off pull, off those *long hand gloves
All made of the Spanish leather.
Give to me your lily-white hand,
And home together
We'll both go home together
Well she pulled off those long hand gloves
All made of the Spanish leather.
Gave to him her lily-white hand,
And said goodbye forever,
Bid farewell forever.
Would you forsaken your house and home
Would you forsaken your baby?
Would you forsake your husband too
To go with the Black Jack Davey
Ride off with the Black Jack Davey?
Well I've forsaken my husband dear
And I've forsaken my baby.
I'll forsake my husband too
For I love Black Jack David
I love Black Jack David
Last night I slept on a feather bed
Between my husband and baby.
Tonight I lay on the river banks
In the arms of Black Jack David
I love my Black Jack David
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