The Incredible String Band - Black Jack David lyrics

Black Jack David is the name that I bear

Been alone in the forests a long time

But the time is coming when a lady I'll find

I will love her and hold her

Singing through the green green trees

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

Will charm a fair lady

Singing though the green green trees

Fari Eloise rode out that day

From her fine fine home in the morning

In the flush of dawn came a sound to her ear

Drifting and floating

Singing through the green green trees

Last night she slept on a fine feather bed

Far far from Black Jack David

But tonight she'll sleep on the cold cold ground

And love him and hold him

Singing through the green green trees

Oh saddle me up my fine grey mare

Cried the lord of the house next morning

For my servants tell me my daughter's gone

With Black Jack David

Singing through the green green trees

Now he rode all day and he rode all night

But he never did find his daughter

But he heard from afar come drift on the wind

Two voices laughing

Singing through the green green trees.