Black Jack Gypsy- Downing (AZ) 1948 Eskin REC
[Single stanza (last stanza) with music from: LC/AAFS, rec. No. 11,715(B30). Recorded by Sam Eskin; Bronson TTCB, No. 28.
R. Matteson 2015]
"Black Jack Gypsy"-- Sung by Myrtle Downing, Somerton, Ariz., December 10, 1948. Recorded by Sam Eskin
Last night I slept on a warm feather bed,
My true love he lay by me,
Tonight I'll sleep at the roots of a tree
And the Yankee's arms around me.