Blackjack Davy came a-riding through the woods,
Singing songs so gaily,
Sang so loud he made the wild woods ring,
Charmed the heart of a lady,
Charmed the heart of a wife.
My lord he came home late last night,
Enquiring for his lady,
The servant spoke before he thought,
"She's gone with the Blackjack Davy,
Gone with the Blackjack boy"
"Go saddle me up my milk-white steed,
Saddle her slow and easy,
I'll ride all night til the broad daylight,
Overtake my lady,
Overtake my wife."
He rode all day and he rode all night,
Til he come to the end of the water,
There he saw his own true love,
At the side of the Blackjack Davy,
At the side of the Blackjack boy.
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"Will you forsake your house and home?
Your husband and your ladies?
Will you forsake your newborn babe,
To ride with the Blackjack Davy,
To ride with the Blackjack boy."
"Yes I'll forsake my house and home,
My husband and my ladies,
I'll forsake my newborn babe,
To ride with the Blackjack Davy,
To ride with the Blackjack boy."
"Take off, take off your buckskin glove,
Made of Spanish leather,
Give to me your lily-white hand
And we'll ride back home together,
Ride back home again."
"Yes, I'll take off my buckskin glove,
Made of Spanish leather,
Give to you my lily-white hand
Bid farewell forever,
Bid farewell, goodbye."
"Last night I slept in a dawn feather bed,
Sheets turned down so bravely,
Tonight I'll sleep in the mud and the rain,
At the side of the Blackjack Davy,
At the side of the Blackjack boy."
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