Black Jack Davy

Child #200
(Steeleye Span)

Em   Am   G
Late last night when the squire came home
  D       G       Am
Enquiring for his lady
       G
Some denied and some replied,
       D             G          Am
"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 
'Til I catch that Black Jack Davy."

Chorus:
         E                                 D
     Oh, he rode up hills and he rode down dales,
          A      D         A
     Over many a wild high mountain,
         E                         D
     And they did say that saw him go,
            A      D     A      E     Em
     "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?"

Chorus

"What care I for your goosefeather bed 
Your sheets turned down so bravely?
When I may sleep on the cold hard ground 
Along with the Black Jack Davy.

"Then I'll kick off my high-heeled shoes 
Made of the Spanish leather 
And I'll put on my lowland brogues 
And skip it o'er the heather."

Chorus


On "All Around My Hat" album by Steeleye Span, 1975