Jack and Joe

DESCRIPTION: Jack and Joe set sail to seek their fortunes. Jack is quickly successful. As he prepares to go home, Joe ask him to "Give my love to Nellie, Jack, Kiss her once for me." When Joe at last heads home, he finds that Jack has married Nellie
AUTHOR: William B. Gray (died 1932)
EARLIEST DATE: 1894
KEYWORDS: love work exile return infidelity marriage
FOUND IN: US(Ap,MW,Ro,SE,So) Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (15 citations):
Randolph 813, "Jack and Joe" (1 text, 1 tune)
McNeil-SouthernFolkBalladsVol1, pp. 116-118, "Jack and Joe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Arnold-FolkSongsofAlabama, p. 76, "Give My Love to Nell" (1 text, 1 tune)
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore2 274, "Jack and Joe" (3 texts plus 1 excerpt and mention of 10 more)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore4 274, "Jack and Joe" (3 excerpts, 3 tunes)
Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #29, "Jack and Joe" (1 text)
Henry-SongsSungInTheSouthernAppalachians, p. 135, "Jack and Joe" (1 text)
Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle, pp. 126-127, "Jack and Joe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roberts/Agey-InThePine #87, "Give My Love to Nell" (1 text, 1 tune)
Owens-TexasFolkSongs-1ed, pp. 199-201, "Jack and Joe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Owens-TexasFolkSongs-2ed, p. 101, "Jack and Joe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Neely/Spargo-TalesAndSongsOfSouthernIllinois, pp. 244-245, "Jack and Joe or Jack and Nell" (1 text)
Abrahams/Foss-AngloAmericanFolksongStyle, pp. 67-68, "Jack and Joe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #46, "Jack and Joe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Guigné-ForgottenSongsOfTheNewfoundlandOutports, pp. 206-208, "Jack and Joe (Give My Love to Nell)" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Roud #782
RECORDINGS:
John A. Bivens, "Jack and Joe" (on HandMeDown1)
Blue Ridge Mountain Singers, "Give My Love to Nell" (Columbia 15580-D, 1930)
Roy Harvey & the North Carolina Ramblers, "Give My Love to Nell" (Paramount 3065/Broadway 8080, rec. 1927)
Bradley Kincaid, "Give My Love to Nell" (Supertone 9350, 1929) (Brunswick 403, 1930)
[Asa] Martin & [Doc] Roberts, "Give My Love to Nellie, Jack" (Conqueror 7745 [as Asa Martin]/Banner 32246/Perfect 12744, 1931)
David Miller, "Give My Love to Nell, Jack" (Champion 15502 [as Oran Campbell]/Challenge 392 [as Don Kutter], 1928)
E. R. Nance Singers, "Jack and Joe" (ARC, unissued, 1930)
Mrs. J. O'Driscoll, "Jack and Joe" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
Riley Puckett, "Jack and Joe" (Columbia 15139-D, 1927)
George Reneau, "Jack and Joe" (Vocalion 15182, 1926)
Ernest V. Stoneman, "Jack and Joe" (OKeh 40408, 1925)
NOTES [45 words]: The author, William B. Gray, is also responsible for "She's More to Be Pitied Than Censured." - RBW
One of Guigné-ForgottenSongsOfTheNewfoundlandOutports's texts is a couple of verses from a version included by Ryan in Ryan's Favourites: Old Songs of Newfoundland. - BS
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