Steeleye Span - Black Jack Davy

Recorded off the Steeleye Span 1975 album "All Around My Hat", track 1: Black Jack Davy Maddy Prior Tim Hart Robert Johnson Rick Kemp Peter Knight Nigel Pegrum Late last night when the squire came home Enquiring for his lady Some denied and some replied 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 'Till I catch that Black Jack Davy Ch. He rode up hills and he rode down dales Over a many a wild high mountain And they did say that saw him go 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 Ch. What care I for your Goose feather 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 trip it o'er the heather Ch.