Gypsy Laddie, Sheet Music 04, Copy
 


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Title

Gypsy Laddie, Sheet Music 04, Copy

Description

This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.

Subject

Ballads, English
Ballads, Irish
Adultery--Songs and music

Alternative Title

Gypsy Davie

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Contributor

Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967

Format

PDF
Notated music

Language

English

Transcription

Black Jack Davy
13th Century Ballad

Black Jack Davy comes ridin' through the woods, Singing so loud and merri-ly that the green hills all around him rang and he charmed the heart of a lady and he charmed the heart of a lady.

Scholarly Classification

Child, 200 Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 37 Randolph, 27 Cox, 21

File name

113_GypsyLaddie_Sheet_04_copy

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