Black Jack Davy (Gypsy Davy) = Jack Davy Il Negro (Davy Lo Zingaro) chords by Pete Seeger

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Verse 1
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C 
 (C major)  (D flat major)  (C major) Black Jack Davy come
a -ridin' along
Singin' so loud and gaily
Sang so loud the wild words rung
He charmed the heart of a lady
Come a -rattle, rattle, lingo, lingo, ling
Rattle, rattle, lingo, Davy
Sang so loud the wild words rang
And he charmed the heart of a lady
How old are you, my pretty little miss?
How old are you, my honey?
She answered him with a tee -hee -hee,
I'll be sixteen next Sunday.
Come a -rattle, rattle, lingo, lingo, ling,
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Rattle, rattle, lingo,  (A flat major) Davy.
C 
Ab 
 (C major) She answered him with a tee -hee  (A flat major) -hee,
C 
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I'll be sixteen next  (C major) Sunday.  (D flat major) 
C 
 (C major) Come go with me, my pretty little miss,
Come go with me, my honey,
G 
C 
 (G major) I'll  (C major) take you across the deep blue sea
You'll never want for money.
Come a -rattle, lingo, lingo, ling,
Ab 
Rattle, rattle, lingo, Dav (A flat major) y.
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I'll  (C major) take you across the deep blue sea,
Well, you'll never want more money.
Won't you pull off those high
-heeled shoes,
Made of Spanish leather?
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C 
 (A flat major) Won't  (D flat major) you  (C major) put on some low
-heeled shoes,
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C 
 (A flat major) We'll  (C major) ride off together?
Come rattle, rattle, lingo, lingo, ling,
Rattle, rattle, lingo, Davey,
Rattle, rattle, lingo, lingo, ling,
Db 
And we'll ride off together.  (D flat major) 
C 
She  (C major) soon pulled off those high
-heeled shoes,
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All made of Spanish leather.  (A flat major) 
C 
 (C major) She put on those low -heeled shoes,
They rode off together.
Come a -rattle, rattle, lingo, lingo, ling,
Rattle, rattle, lingo, davey,
Rattle, rattle, lingo, lingo, ling,
G 
C 
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She's  (G major) gone with the gypsy  (C major) davey.  (D flat major) 
C 
 (C major) Was late at night when the Lord came home,
Inquiring for his lady.
The servant said, on every hand,
She's gone with the Gypsy Davy.
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Come a -rattle, rattle, lingo,  (D flat major) lingo, ling,
C 
 (C major) Rattle, rattle, lingo, Davy.
The servant said, on every hand,
She's gone with the Gypsy Davy.
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C 
 (D flat major)  (C major) Go saddle me,
my buckskin mare,
The grey is not so speedy.
I'll ride all day and I'll ride all night,
G 
C 
Till I  (G major) overtake  (C major) my lady.
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C 
Come a -rattle, rattle,  (D flat major) lingo,  (C major) lingo, ling,
Rattle, rattle, lingo, Davy.
Rattle, rattle, lingo, lingo, ling,
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Ab 
Gone with the Gypsy Davy.  (D flat major)  (A flat major) 
C 
 (C major) He rode till he came to the deep below,
Ab 
The stream was  (A flat major) deep and muddy.
C 
 (C major) Tears come a -tricklin' down his cheeks,
Ab 
C 
For  (A flat major) there he  (C major) spied his lady.
Db 
Rattle, rattle,  (D flat major) lingo, lingo, ling,
C 
Ab 
 (C major) Rattle, rattle,  (A flat major) lingo, Davy.
C 
 (C major) Rattle, rattle, lingo, lingo, ling,
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She's gone with the Gypsy  (D flat major) Davy.
Ab 
C 
 (A flat major) How  (C major) can you leave your house and land?
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How can you leave your  (A flat major) baby?
C 
 (C major) How can you leave your husband, dear,
Ab 
C 
To  (A flat major) go with the gypsy  (C major) Davy?
Ab 
Come rattle, rattle,  (A flat major) lingo, lingo, ling,
C 
Ab 
 (C major) Rattle, rattle,  (A flat major) lingo, Davy,
Db 
C 
Ab 
 (D flat major) Rattle, rattle,  (C major) lingo, lingo,  (A flat major) ling,
C 
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To go with the gypsy  (C major) Davy.  (D flat major) 
C 
Very  (C major) well can I leave my house and land,
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Very  (C major) well can I leave my  (A flat major) baby,
C 
 (C major) Much better can I leave
my husband, dear,
To go with the Gypsy Davy.
Db 
Come a -rattle,  (D flat major) rattle, ling,
C 
 (C major) go, ling, go, ling,
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Rattle, rattle, ling,  (A flat major) go, Davy,
C 
Rattle,  (C major) rattle, ling, go, ling, go, ling,
Db 
Ab 
To go with the Gypsy Dav (D flat major) y.   (A flat major) 
C 
 (C major) I won't come back to you, my love,
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I won't come back, my hus (A flat major) band,
No, I wouldn't give a kiss
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 (A flat major) from David's lips
C 
 (C major) For all your land and money.
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Come a -rattle, rattle, lin (D flat major) go, lingo, ling,
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Rattle, rattle, lingo,  (A flat major) Dav y.
C 
I wouldn't  (C major) give a kiss
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from Dav (A flat major) id's lips
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For all your land  (D flat major) and money.
C 
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Last  (C major) night I lay  (D flat major) on a goose -feather bed
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Ab 
 (C major) Beside my husband  (D flat major) and baby.  (A flat major) 
C 
 (C major) Tonight I lay on the coal -coal ground
C 
Beside the gypsy  (C major) Davy.
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Ab 
Come a -rattle, rattle, lingo,  (D flat major) lingo,  (A flat major) ling,
C 
Ab 
 (C major) Rattle, rattle,  (A flat major) lingo, Davy.
Rattle, rattle, ling, go, ling, go, ling,
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She's gone with the Gypsy  (D flat major) Davy.  (A flat major) 
Db 
 (D flat major) She soon run through her gay clothing,
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Her velvet shoes and  (A flat major) stockings,
C 
Her golden  (C major) rings, all her finger was gone,
C 
And the gold played off her  (C major) bosom.
Come the rattle, rattle, ling,
go, ling, go, ling,
Rattle, rattle, ling, go, Davy.
Oh, rattle, rattle, ling, go, ling, go, ling,
Gone with the Gypsy Davy.
Oh, once I had a house and land
A feather bed and money
But now I've come to an old straw pad
With nothing but Gypsy Davy
Come a -rattle, rattle, lingo, lingo, ling
Rattle, rattle, lingo, Davy
Come a -rattle, rattle, lingo, lingo,
Gone with the Gypsy Davy