Intro
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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
DAm
Oh, he rode up hills and he rode 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
Verse
F
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
F
"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
DAm
Oh, he rode up hills and he rode down dales
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Over many a wild high mountain
DAm
And they did say, that saw him go
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Black Jack Davy, he is hunting
Verse
F
"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
F
"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
DAm
Oh, he rode up hills and he rode down dales
GCG
Over many a wild high mountain
DAm
And they did say, that saw him go
GBbFAmEmDGb
Black Jack Davy, he is hunting
Instrumental
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DAm
Oh, he rode up hills and he rode down dales
GCG
Over many a wild high mountain
DAm
And they did say, that saw him go
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Black Jack Davy, he is hunting