Chords for He Sang This Bluegrass/Mountain Song in 1965. It Will Give You The Shivers

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Black Jack David came a-ridin' by, sang so sweet and [G] gaily.
_ _ _ _ [D] Made the green wood around him ring to charm [A] the heart of a lady, to charm the [D] heart of a lady. _ _ _
_ _ _ How old are you, my pretty little miss, how old are you, [G] my honey? _
_ _ _ [A] I don't doubt for the wond'r'n love I'll [D] be sixteen next [A] Sunday, I'll be [D] sixteen next Sunday. _ _ _
I'd forsake my house and land and I'd forsake [G] my baby.
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I'd forsake my new wedlord and stay with the [A] Black Jack David, and stay with the Black Jack [D] David.
_ _ _ _ _ Is that the way you sang it, Mr.
Lonsford?
Sort of?
Well, uh, not exactly, but it's that way, that's [N] it.
Close, close.
You call it Jipsy David?
The last stanza of a song I know of, a stanza I know, is
Last night I stepped on this old cold, cold ground _ beside Black Jack David.
I'll sleep tonight in a warm feather bed between my husband and baby, between my husband and baby.
Well, now, I've of course heard that _ both ways.
What, care I for my soft feather bed?
I've heard it that way too.
That's one of the most interesting ones, I think, that we know.
My first recollection of it was from this meeting in the church, when they were just singing it unaccompanied.
_ And of course, I guess people have been singing it all through the mountains, _ as long as they've been here, probably.
_ [B] _ _ _
That's, uh, where you got most_
[Abm] No, you want to sit down over there?
Well, you know, [N] it's all right.
Come on over here and sit down.
Here, you take this hot chair and let me have the low one.
No, I'll take it.
No, no, you're right there.
I'll sit right here.
_ What about Moses?
You know, I always liked Moses when I heard about him.
In fact, I remember the words.
_ _ _ The one that's about to sit down on the_
Oh, Little Bird?
Yeah.
[Ab] Light down, light down.
Now, sing it, sing it, and I know you pronounce your words very well, but I do want to get all those words in there if I can.
You want the words to that song?
Yeah, I want the words.
I'll write them down for you.
Well, I won't_
You can sing them, it's all right.
Just sing them for me.
[Abm] Sing a little bit of it for us.
Yes.
Light down, [Db] light down, [Abm] loving _ Henry, she said. _ _
And _ [Gb] spend the night [Abm] with _ me.
_ _ Your bed will be of the _ _
[Ebm] softest down.
_ The _ [Em] _
[B] best I'll [Abm] give to thee. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I _ can't [Bb] light [Gb] down [Ab] and I won't light down. _ _
And spend [Dbm] the night [Ab] with _ thee.
[Abm] _ _ I have [Ab] _ _ been all your [Eb] last.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ As he bent [Db] down from [Ab] his saddle. _ _ _
To _ give [Dbm] her kisses [Ab]
three.
_ _ _ [Abm] She took her knife and _ [Ebm] her rod _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] [E] and stabbed [B] his [Gb] heart.
[Ab] Oh, dear. _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] She _ took [Db] him by _ [Ab] his [Abm] golden _ hair. _ _
Her _ sister [Dbm] _ [Gbm] by [Abm] his feet.
_ _ [Ebm] _ [Ab] _ _
Threw him in the ocean.
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [E] _ _
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