Black Jack Davy

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[Verse]
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Late last night when the squire come
 home
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Enquiring for his lady
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Some denied and some replied
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She's gone with the Black Jack Davy

[Verse]
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"Go saddle to me the bonny brown 
steed
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For the grey was never so speedy
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I'll ride all day and I'll ride all 
night
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Till I catch that Black Jack Davy"

[Chorus]
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Oh, he rode up hills and he rode 
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down dales
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Over many a wild high mountain
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And they did say, that saw him go
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Black Jack Davy, he is hunting
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[Verse]
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He rode east and he rode west
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All in the morning early
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Until he spied his lady fair
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Cold and wet and weary

[Verse]
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"Why did you leave your house and 
land?
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Why did you leave your baby?
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Why did you leave your own wedded 
lord
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To go with the Black Jack Davy?"

[Chorus]
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Oh, he rode up hills and he rode 
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down dales
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Over many a wild high mountain
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And they did say, that saw him go
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Black Jack Davy, he is hunting
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[Verse]
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"What care I for your goose feather 
bed
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Your sheets turned down so bravely
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Well, I may sleep on the cold hard 
ground
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Along with the Black Jack Davy"

[Verse]
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"Then I'll kick off my high healed 
shoes
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Made of the Spanish leather
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And I'll put on my lowland brogues
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And skip it o'er the heather"

[Chorus]
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Oh, he rode up hills and he rode 
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down dales
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Over many a wild high mountain
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And they did say, that saw him go
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Black Jack Davy, he is hunting
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[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
       D                        
Oh, he rode up hills and he rode 
      Am
down dales
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Over many a wild high mountain
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And they did say, that saw him go
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Black Jack Davy, he is hunting
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