Black Jack David

This item is part of the W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection, which includes some 400 individual song titles, most of which have multiple variants. Dr. Abrams recorded songs primarily from the Appalachian region of North Carolina from 1938 to 1946 and transcribed them in 1973. Like the I. G. Greer Collection, the titles contained in Abrams’ collection range from traditional Child Ballads to 19th century popular music to compositions of local origin.

North Carolina--Songs and music

Adultery--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Ballads, Scots--Scotland--Scottish Borders--Texts

Ballads, English--Appalachian Region, Southern

Lady Cassilles Lilt, Johnny Faa, The Three Gypsy Laddies, Black Jack Davy, The Gypsy Davie, I'm Seventeen Come Sunday, Gypsy Davy, It was Late in the Night When Johnny Came Home, Black Eyed Davy, Black Jack Gypsy, The Lady's Disgrace, The Gypsy Lover, The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies, Gipsies-O, The Gipsy Laddie, The Dark-Clothed Gypsy, Gipsies of Agee Oh!, The Ragtail Gipsies, Oh!, The Gipsy Laddie Oh!, The Draggletail Gipsies, The Raggle Taggle Gypsies, O, The Three Gypsies, The Gipsies Came to Lord M-----'s Gate, The Dark-Eyed Gypsy O! The Gypsy Lady, Gipsy Draly, Gypsum Davy, Gipsy Daisy, Gipsy Davy, Gyps of David, David, Black Jack David, Black Jack Davie, Harrison Brady, The Egyptian Davy O, How Old are You, My Pretty Little Miss?, The Heartless Lady, The Gypsy Daisy, Bill Harman

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

1914

Abrams, W. Amos (William Amos), 1904-1991

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Song texts

English

Text

1910s

Gypsy Laddie, Variant 4

Mrs. Julia Grogan [Julie Yarber], 1861-1939. John Yarber

John Yarber is Julia Grogan's father.

Thomas Smith. Charles Alphonso Smith, 1864-1923

C. Alphonso Smith an English professor, biographer of O. Henry, and founder of Virginia Folklore Society

Child 200, Brown Older Ballads - Mostly British - 37(B), Randolph 27, Cox 21, Combs 33, Warner 42, Sharp 33