Black Jack Davy Lyrics - Singles - Incredible String Band

Black Jack David is the name that I bear been alone in 

the forest for a long time 

But the time is coming when 

a lady I'll find I will love her 

Hold her singing through 

the green green trees 

And the skin on my hands is like the leather I ride 

and my face is hard from the cold wind 

But my heart so warm with 

the song that I sing 

Charm a fair lady 

Singing through the green green trees 

Fair Eloise rode out that day 

From her fine fine home in the morning 

In the flush of the dawn came a sound to her ear 

Drifting and floating 

Singing through the green green trees 

Now fifteen summers was 

all that she'd seen 

And her skin was as soft as the velvet 

But she's forsaken her fine fine home 

And Black Jack David is 

Singing through the green green trees 

Last night she slept on a fine feather bed 

Far far from Black jack David 

But tonight she will sleep on the cold cold ground 

And love him and hold him 

Singing through the green green trees 

Saddle me up my fine gray mare 

Cried the lord of the house next morning 

For the servants tell me 

my daughter's gone 

With Black Jack David 

Singing through the green green trees 

And he rode all day and he rode all night 

But he never did find his daughter 

But he heard from afar 

come adrift on the wind 

Two voices laughing 

Singing through the green green trees 

Oh Black Jack David is 

the name that I bear 

Been alone in the forest for a long time 

But now I have found me a lady so fair 

I will love her and hold her 

Singing through the green green trees