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Blackjack Davey (Bob Dylan cover)
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Elliott Smith
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Blackjack Davey come a-riding on back
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A-whistling loud and merry
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Charmed the heart of a lonely girl
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And he charmed the heart of a lady
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Charmed the heart of a lady
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"How old are you, my pretty little thing
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How old are you, my baby?"
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She answered him with a loving smile
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"I'll be sixteen come Sunday
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Be sixteen come Sunday"
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"Take off, take off them high-heeled shoes
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All made of Spanish leather
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Get behind me on my horse
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And we'll go off together
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We'll both go off together
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Take off them high-heeled shoes
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Made of Spanish leather
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I'll take you where the grass is green
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You never will want for money
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Never will want for money"
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At night the boss came home
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Inquiring about his lady
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The maid spoke before she thought
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"She's gone with Blackjack Davey
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Rode off with Blackjack Davey"
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"Well, saddle for me my coal-black stud
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He's quicker than the gray
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I rode all day and I'll ride all night
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And I'll overtake my lady
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I'll bring back my lady"
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So he rode all night until the broad daylight
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Until he came to a river raging
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And there he spied his lonely bride
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In the arms of Blackjack Davey
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Wrapped up with Blackjack Davey
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"Would you forsake your house and home
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Would you forsake your baby
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Would you forsake your husband too
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To be with Blackjack Davey
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To go off with Blackjack Davey?"
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"Well, I'll forsake my house and home
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And I'll forsake my baby
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I'll forsake my husband too
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To be with Blackjack Davey
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Love my Blackjack Davey"
Blackjack Davey
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