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Artist: John Jacob Niles
Author: traditional
Label: Victor
Year: 1939
On 78rpm album Early American Ballads. See also Black Jack David, Raggle Taggle Gypsy and Dark-Eyed Gypsy.
Covers:
Jean Ritchie [as Gypsum Davy and in '61 as Gypsy Laddie]
Cisco Houston [as Gypsy Davy]
Jeannie Robertson [as The Gypsy Laddies]
Pete Seeger [as Gypsy Davy]
A.L. Lloyd [as The Seven Gypsies; knew what he said while claiming this ballad was widely popular in Australia; Bert Lloyd worked as a sheep shearer in NSW for a year]
Davy Graham [as Seven Gipsies]
Shirley Collins [as Seven Yellow Gipsies]
Nic Jones [as Seven Yellow Gypsies]
The Harry Cox, Jeannie Robertson and Paddy Doran versions, scored in England, Scotland and Northern-Ireland, were also melded in a medley on Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland in the Alan Lomax Collection on Rounder.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)