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Jack-A-Roe
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Joan Baez
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Jack-A-Roe (Traditional)
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There was a wealthy merchant,
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In London he did dwell
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He had a lovely daughter,
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The truth to you I'll tell
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Oh the truth to you I'll tell
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She had sweethearts a-plenty
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And men of high degree
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There was none but Jack the sailor,
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Her true love e'er could be
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Oh her true love e'er could be
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Now Jackie's gone a-sailing
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With trouble on his mind
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To leave his native country
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And his darling girl behind
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Oh, his darling girl behind.
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She went into a tailor shop
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And dressed in men's array
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And stepped on board a vessel
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To convey herself away
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Oh, to convey herself away.
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"Before you step on board, sir,
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Your name I'd like to know"
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She smiled all in her countenance,
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"They call me Jackaroe"
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Oh, they call me Jackaroe.
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"Your waist is light and slender,
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Your fingers are neat and small
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Your cheeks too red and rosy
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To face the cannonball"
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Oh, to face the cannon-ball.
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"I know my waist is slender,
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My fingers neat and small
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But it would not make me tremble
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To see ten thousand fall"
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Oh, to see ten thousand fall.
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The war soon being over,
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They hunted all around
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And among the dead and dying
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Her darling boy she found
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Oh, her darling boy she found.
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She picked him up all in her arms
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And carried him to the town
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And sent for a physician who
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Quickly healed his wounds
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Oh, who quickly healed his wounds.
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This couple they got married
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And well they did agree
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This couple they got married,
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So why not you and me
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Oh, so why not you and me.
Jackaroe Joan Baez
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