Black Jack Davy- Gardner (AR) 1953 Parler H
[My letter designation, Parler H. Fragment from Ozark Folk Song Collection online; Reel 182 Item 11. Collected by Mrs. Goldie Gardner for Mary C. Parler.
Listen:
http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/OzarkFolkSong/id/2926/rec/12
It's interesting that this sentiment is found occasionally in other versions -- where he is called Black Davy.
R. Matteson 2015]
Black Jack Davy (or the utter deteriorization thereof) - From Mrs. Goldie Gardner of Springdale, Ark. 12/23/53
This Black Jack Davy come a-riding by,
Singing "Won't you marry me?"
The answer he got from this white girl:
"You're a black man and I'll not marry."