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Collected by Mary Celestia Parler
Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy
Sung by Clara Phillips
Dover, Arkansas
April 4, 1954
Reel 197, Item 3
Jack was Quite a Young Man
Jack was a quite a youngster
Happy and gay was he
Loving his time with a playmate
So cheerfully full of glee
One day as they were playing
Maybe just for fun
Threw her head into the river
And unto the house did it run
Jack looked at her one moment
And at her head sinking fast
Jerked off his coat in a flurry
And into the water he dashed
Then came for baby sighing
There Jack with her hand
Don’t cry little dear I’ll do it all over
All for your sweet heart said Jack
Oh for the love of a dear little girl
Oh for the smile that would set a brighter world
When a man gives his life and all joy in this world
All for the love of a girl
Jack threw - - -
Tall and handsome was he
Still loving you some little playmate
She was his fair bride to be
- - - loved to tease him
As the days gone by
Then alas he thought he would leave her
And sail - - - tide
She never thought him in earnest
She never dreamed he would come
If he do - - - another
Somewhere to love me I knowJack join the ships that evening
And all for the her love he did earn
Her name is - - -
Jack’s ship has never returned
Object Description
| Title | Jack was quite a young man |
| First Line | Jack was a quite a youngster |
| Performer | Phillips, Clara |
| Performance Location (Town) | Dover (Ark.) |
| Performance Location (County) | Pope County (Ark.) |
| Performance Location (State) | Arkansas |
| Performance Date | 1954-04-04 |
| Collector | Parler, Mary Celestia |
| Transcriber | Lucy, Nathaniel |
| Genre | vocal music |
| Instrumentation |
voice organs |
| Subject (Library of Congress) |
Children Accidents Rescues |
| Subject (Ethnographic Thesaurus) |
children accidents |
| Keywords | Courtship; Rescue; Love; Ship; Sea; Separation |
| Language | English |
| Analog Location | 197:3 |
| Type | Sound; Text |
| Digital Format | application/pdf; audio/mp3 |
| Digital Publisher | University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville |
| Digital Collection | Ozark Folksong Collection |
| Rights and Reproductions | Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17). It is the responsibility of the user to determine the rights status and secure permissions for the use of this item. |
| Funded By | Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation. |
| Identifier | FolkProjectr197t3use |
Description
| Title | Jack was quite a young man (Transcription) |
| Transcriber | Lucy, Nathaniel |
| Transcript | Collected by Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy Sung by Clara Phillips Dover, Arkansas April 4, 1954 Reel 197, Item 3 Jack was Quite a Young Man Jack was a quite a youngster Happy and gay was he Loving his time with a playmate So cheerfully full of glee One day as they were playing Maybe just for fun Threw her head into the river And unto the house did it run Jack looked at her one moment And at her head sinking fast Jerked off his coat in a flurry And into the water he dashed Then came for baby sighing There Jack with her hand Don’t cry little dear I’ll do it all over All for your sweet heart said Jack Oh for the love of a dear little girl Oh for the smile that would set a brighter world When a man gives his life and all joy in this world All for the love of a girl Jack threw - - - Tall and handsome was he Still loving you some little playmate She was his fair bride to be - - - loved to tease him As the days gone by Then alas he thought he would leave her And sail - - - tide She never thought him in earnest She never dreamed he would come If he do - - - another Somewhere to love me I knowJack join the ships that evening And all for the her love he did earn Her name is - - - Jack’s ship has never returned |
| Identifier | FolkProjectr197t3use |
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