JACKIE BOY
(traditional - arranged by Lou Singer)

as recorded by Maxine Sullivan
August 22nd 1939 New York


Jackie Boy,
Sing ye well?
With a hey down down
And a ho down down,
And a derry derry, derry derry, derry derry down,
Among the leaves so green-o.

The keeper did a-shooting go,
And under his coat he carried a bow,
All for to shoot at a merry little doe
Among the leaves so green-o.

The first doe he shot at he missed,
The second doe he trimmed he kissed,
The third doe went where nobody whist
Among the leaves so green-o.

Jackie Boy,
(Master),
Sing ye well?
(Very well!)
Hey down'
(Ho down),
Derry derry down,
Among the leaves so green-o.

The fourth doe, she did cross the plain,
The keeper fetched her back again,
And where she is now she may remain
Among the leaves so green-o.

To my hey down down,
(To my ho down down),
Ho down,
(Ho down),
Derry derry down,
Among the leaves so green-o.

The fifth doe she did cross the brook,
The keeper fetched her back with his crook;
Where she is now you may go yourself and look
Among the leaves so green-o.

Jackie Boy,
Sing ye well?
With a hey down down
And a ho down down,
And a derry derry, derry derry, derry derry down,
Among the leaves so green,
Right among the leaves so green.

Oh, the sixth doe she rang over the plain,
But he with his hounds did hunt her again,
And it's fair that he hunted in a merry merry vein
Among the leaves so green-o.

To my hey down down
And a ho down down,
Derry derry, derry derry, derry derry down,
Among the leaves so green-o.




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2014)