Black Jack Davie- Yarborough (NC) c.1936 Lunsford Coll.
[No date given, place given; transcribed by Louis Yarborough. Informant not given; assume it's Louis Yarborough. His MS taken from Southern Appalachian Archives, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies, Mars Hill University; Bascom Lamar Lunsford Collection, Box 71, First Folder.
R. Matteson 2015]
Black Jack Davie- Contributed by Louis Yarborough; North Carolina. c. 1936
1. Black Jack David come riding through the woods,
Singing so loud and merry;
He charmed the heart of a pretty little miss,
And tuned the heart of a lady.
2. "How old are you my pretty miss
How old are you my young honey?"
She laughed and said with a Tee! hee! hee!
"I'll be sixteen next Sunday."
3. Saddle up my old gray mare,
Hand me down my derby
I'll ride and I'll ride till I come to the sea,
And find that Black Jack Davie.