Home movie of Robert Caruso performing Jack-A-Roe, September 2017.
Ballad of English origins dated from the 1820s, possibly referring to the Anglo-American war of 1812 - 1815, that has become a staple of American Folk music. Also known as Jack Monroe, Jack Munro, Jack Went A-Sailing, Jack The Sailor, Jackaroe and The Maid Of Chatham.
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JACK-A-ROE
There was a wealthy merchant
In London he did dwell.
He had a lovely daughter,
The truth to you I'll tell.
Mmmhhh - the truth to you I'll tell.
She had sweethearts a-plenty
And men of high degree,
But none but Jack the sailor
Was her true lover to be.
Mmmhhh - her true lover to be.
"Oh daughter, oh daughter,
Your body I will confine
If none but Jack the sailor
Will ever suit your mind".
Mmmhhh - will ever suit your mind.
"My body you can imprison
But my heart you can't confine,
For none but Jack the sailor
Will have this heart of mine".
Mmmhhh - will have this heart of mine.
Now, Jack he went a-sailing
With trouble on his mind,
To leave his old country
And his darling girl behind.
Mmmhhh - his darling girl behind.
She went into a tailor's shop
And dressed in a man's array,
Then she went onto a ship
To convey herself away.
Mmmhhh - convey herself away.
"Before you step on board, Sir,
Your name I'd like to know";
She smiled all in her countenance
And said "They call me Jack-A-Roe".
Mmmhhh - they call me Jack-A-Roe.
"Your waist, it is slender
And your fingers, they are small,
Your cheeks too fresh and rosy
To face the cannonball"
Mmmhhh - to face the cannonball.
"I know my waist is slender
And my fingers, they are small,
But it would not make me tremble
To see ten thousand fall".
Mmmhhh - to see ten thousand fall.
The war soon being over
They looked all around,
Among the dead and dying.
Her true lover she found.
Mmmhhh - her true lover she found.
She picked him in her arms
And she carried him home soon,
Then she called for her physician
To quickly heal his wounds.
Mmmhhh - to quickly heal his wounds.
This couple, they got married
So well they did agree.
This couple, they got married,
So why not you and me?
Mmmhhh - so why not you and me?
(c) Traditional, circa 1830.
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