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Thread #84911 Message #1570167
Posted By: Joe Offer
25-Sep-05 - 03:27 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Black Jack Davy (Sheila Kay Adams #200)
Subject: ADD: Sheila Kay Adams' Black Jack Davy #20
I hear a few things different, but not significantly so. -Joe Offer-
Black Jack Davy (as recorded by Sheila Kay Adams, My Dearest Dear CD)
It was late one night when the squire come home Inquiring for his lady His servant man made a sure reply: She's gone with the Black Jack Davy
Rattle tum a gypsy gypsy Rattle tum a gypsy Davy
O go and saddle my milk-white steed And be both quick and speedy I'll ride all night till it's broad daylight Till I overtake my lady
Rattle tum a gypsy gypsy Rattle tum a gypsy Davy
He rode all night till he come to the town To the gates he rode so early The tears come a-rollin' down his cheeks And there he spied his lady
Rattle tum a gypsy gypsy Rattle tum a gypsy Davy
Come back, come back, my own true love Come back, come back, my honey I'll lock you up in my chamber so high Where the gypsies can't come nigh you
Rattle tum a gypsy gypsy Rattle tum a gypsy Davy
I won't come back as your own true love Nor I won't come back your honey I wouldn't trade a kiss from a gypsy's lips For all your land and money
Rattle tum a gypsy gypsy Rattle tum a gypsy Davy
Can you forsake your house and land Will you forsake your baby? And will you forsake your own wedded lord And go with the Black Jack Davy?
Rattle tum a gypsy gypsy Rattle tum a gypsy Davy
O, I'll forsake my house and land I'll even forsake my baby Gladly will I forsake my own true lord To go with the Gypsy Davy
Rattle tum a gypsy gypsy Rattle tum a gypsy Davy
It's go and pull off them snow-white boots That's made of Spanish leather And give to me your lily-white hand And we'll bid farewell forever
Rattle tum a gypsy gypsy Rattle tum a gypsy Davy
It's she pulled off her snow-white boots That's made of Spanish leather And she give to him her lily-white hand And she said goodbye forever
Rattle tum a gypsy gypsy Rattle tum a gypsy Davy
Two nights ago I laid on a feather-bed My husband he laid nigh me Tonight I lay on the cold hard ground In the arms of the Back Jack Davy
Rattle tum a gypsy gypsy Rattle tum a gypsy Davy
I did forsake so many fine things Fine silken gowns and money I did forsake my golden rings For the love of the Black Jack Davy
Rattle tum a gypsum gypsum Rattle tum a gypsum Davy