Gypsy Laddie, Sheet Music 04, Copy · Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections

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

Collection

I.G. Greer Folksong Collection

Citation

“Gypsy Laddie, Sheet Music 04, Copy,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 21, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/31568.

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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

Source

AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Contributor

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

Rights

In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable

Is Part Of

I. G. Greer Folksong Collection

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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