(Trad. Arr. N. Parsons/G. Dunne) Black is the colour of my true love's hair Her lips are like some roses fair She's got the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands I love the ground whereon she stands
I love my love and well she knows I love the ground where on she goes And I wish the day it soon might come When she and I can be as one
I'll go to the Clyde and I'll mourn and weep Where satisfied I ne'er shall be I write her a letter just a few short lines Then suffer death a thousand times
Chorus: Black is the colour……….
Then I sat down and I wrote this song I wrote it neat and I wrote it long And with every line I shed a tear And at last I said Farewell my dear
So fare thee well my own true love I love you like the stars above And if heaven or earth, or more I see I'll ne'er treat you like you treated me