Jack-A-Roe
Song Information
Song Title
Jack-A-Roe
Song Origin
Cover
Written By
Traditional
Made Famous By
The Grateful Dead
Song Stats
Shortest Version
03:46 (2024-05-11)
Longest Version
06:48 (2025-02-09)
Total Times Played
11
Longest Gap
2023-06-1455 2023-11-03
Longest Streak
Song Charts
Shows with Jack-A-Roe
  • Winter Wondergrass - Steamboat Springs, Colorado 2025-02-28
    Set One
    Workin' Man Blues, Walkin’ The Dog, Jack-A-Roe > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Big River 1, Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms 1, Are You Ready For The Country 2, Tangled Up In Blue 2, Foggy Mountain Top 2, Why You Been Gone So Long, Down Bedford, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
    Encore
    Alabama Jubilee
  • Volcanic Theatre Pub - Bend, Oregon 2025-02-09
    Set One
    Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Tupelo County Jail, Foggy Mountain Top, White Lightning (FTP) , Big Iron > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental) > , Doggone Cowboy, Sweet Tasting Tennessee, Always Been A Lover > , Cigar Time
    Set Two
    Dance In The Desert 1, Edge Of The Mountain 2, Playing Your Game 3, Yonder, Take Me Back 4, Down Bedford
    Encore
    Jack-A-Roe
  • Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore, Pennsylvania 2024-10-19
    Set One
    Drivin' Nails In My Coffin, Fox On The Run > , Darlin’ Cory > , 'Til The Daylight, Cosmic Country Gardens, Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Translation, Jack-A-Roe > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental)
    Set Two
    Got My Mojo Workin' 1, Hi-Country > , Free Wheelin' > 2, Everybody's Talkin' > , Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Weathervane (Reprise) , Tell Me I’m A Lover 1, Gotta Get Southbound > , Dance In The Desert 3
    Encore
    Half Moon Night > , Arkansas Traveler
  • The Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, New York 2024-08-02
    Set One
    Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Lose Your Mind, Rose In A Garden, Jack-A-Roe > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental)
  • Levitate Music & Arts Festival - Marshfield, Massachusetts 2024-07-07
    Set One
    Drivin' Nails In My Coffin 2, Half Moon Night > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Lady Justice, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Tell Me I’m A Lover 1, Dance In The Desert
    VIP Acoustic Set With Solo Daniel
    Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Love's Gonna Live Here, Honky Tonk Blues (FTP) , You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, The Fugitive’s Lament (FTP) , Jack-A-Roe, Big River
  • The Orazen's Tavern - Cleveland, Ohio 2024-05-27
    Set One
    Why You Been Gone So Long, Cigar Time, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), Faded Lovin', Got My Mojo Workin' > , Boogie Man, Tupelo County Jail, Translation, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel
    Set Two
    Down Bedford, Freedom Jazz Dance, Playing Your Game 1, Everybody's Talkin' > , Weathervane, Two Hills, Jack-A-Roe > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental) > , Weathervane (Reprise)
  • The Windjammer - Isle Of Palms, South Carolina 2024-05-11
    Set One
    My Window Faces The South, Love's Gonna Live Here, Sea Of Heartbreak, Arkansas Traveler, Forgotten Days > , Valhalla, Faded Lovin', Truck Drivin' Man, Translation, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence)
    Set Two
    Passing Storm, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Sugar Shack, Ain’t Living Long Like This, Banks Of The Ohio, Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert
    Encore
    Jack-A-Roe > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental)
  • Jam Cruise - Miami, Florida 2024-02-28
    Set One
    Lose Your Mind > 1, Waymore's Blues > 1, Mystery Train 1, Half Moon Night, Jack-A-Roe > 2, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Down Along The Cove 3 4, Got My Mojo Workin', Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert
  • Nectar Lounge - Seattle, Washington 2024-01-14
    Set One
    Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), Hi-Country, Illusions (Pretty Picture), Rose In A Garden, Drivin' Nails In My Coffin, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Forgotten Days > , Ride Me High
    Set Two
    Justice > , Jessica, Got My Mojo Workin' 1, Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train , Ten Feet Of Rope > 2, Double Exposure 3, Dance In The Desert 3
    Encore
    Jack-A-Roe, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental)
  • Hi-Fi Indy - Indianapolis, Indiana 2023-11-03
    Set One
    Down By The Riverside 1, Locomotive #9 > , Darlin’ Cory, Rose In A Garden > , Fox On The Run > , 'Til The Daylight, Half Moon Night, Jack-A-Roe > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental)
    Set Two
    Lose Your Mind, Got My Mojo Workin' 2, Dance In The Desert 3, Ten Feet Of Rope > 4, Double Exposure 3, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
    Encore
    Nighttime In The Switching Yard
Lyrics

There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell

He had a beautiful daughter, the truth to you I'll tell

Oh, the truth to you I'll tell


She had sweethearts aplenty, and men of high degree

But none but Jack the sailor, her true love there could be

Oh, her true love there could be


Jackie's gone a-sailing with trouble on his mind

He's left his native country, and his darling girl behind

Oh, his darling girl behind


She went down to a tailor's shop and dressed in mens' array

She climbed on board a vessel to convey herself away

Oh, to convey herself away.


Before you get on board, sir, your name we'd like to know

She smiled all in her countenance, "They call me Jack-A-Roe."

Oh, they call me Jack-A-Roe.


I see your waist is slender, your fingers they are small

Your cheeks too red and rosy to face the cannonball.

Oh, to face the cannonball.


I know my waist is slender, my fingers, they are small

But it would not make me tremble to see ten thousand fall

Oh, to see ten thousand fall.


The wars then being over, she went and looked around

Among the dead and wounded, her darling boy she found

Oh, her darling boy she found.


She picked him up all in her arms and carried him to the town

She sent for a physician who quickly healed his wounds

Oh, who quickly healed his wounds.


This couple, they got married, so well they did agree

This couple, they got married, so why don't you and me

Oh, so why don't you and me?