Jacky, My Son- Adams; c. 1830; Child App. 2
[From The English and Scottish Popular Ballads: Part 9 - Page 209 by Francis James Child, George Lyman Kittredge (1894)
R. Matteson 2018]
Jacky, My Son- c. 1830; Written out by Miss F. J. Adams, a Devonshire lady, and derived by her from her Devonshire nurse, sixty or seventy years ago. (Baring-Gould.)
1 ‘Where hast thou been to-day, Jacky, my son?
Where hast thou been to-day, my honey man?’
‘Oh, I’ve been a courting, mother, make my bed soon,
For I am sick to the heart, fain would lie down.’
2 ‘Where shall I make it to?’ etc.
‘Oh, in the churchyard, mother,’ etc.
3 ‘What wilt thou leave thy mother?’ etc.
‘Oh, I’ll leave her my money, mother,’ etc.
4 ‘What wilt thou leave thy father?’ etc.
‘Oh, I’ll leave him my ’state, mother,’ etc.
5 ‘What wilt thou leave thy sweetheart?’ etc.
‘A rope for to hang her, mother,’ etc.