Ok, here are the lyrics I found for the Steeleye Span version of this song, similar but not the same as the version by The Fureys: Steeleye Span sing Black Jack Davy Late last night when the squire came home Enquiring for his lady, Some denied and some replied, “She's gone with the Black Jack Davy.” “Go saddle to me the bonny brown steed For the grey was never so speedy. I'll ride all day and I'll ride all night Till I catch that Black Jack Davy.” Chorus (repeated after each verse): He rode up hills and he rode down dales Over many a wild high mountain, And they did say that saw him go, “Black Jack Davy he is hunting.” He rode east and he rode west All in the morning early Until he spied his lady fair, Cold and wet and weary. “Why did you leave your house and land? Why did you leave your baby? Why did you leave your own wedded lord To go with the Black Jack Davy?” “What care I for your goose feather bed With the sheets turned down so bravely? Well I may sleep on the cold hard ground Along with the Black Jack Davy. “Then I'll kick off my high healed shoes Made of the Spanish leather, And I'll put on my lowland brogues And skip it o'er the heather.” There are a lot of other similar-but-not-the-same versions of the song on that page as performed by different artists.
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