Black is the colour of my true love's hair Her lips are like a rose so fair She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands I love the ground whereon she stands
I love my love and well she knows I love the ground whereon she goes And how I wish the day would come When she and I can be as one
I go to the Clyde and mourn and weep Satisfied I never will sleep I'll write her a letter, just a few short lines And suffer death ten thousand times
Black is the colour of my true love's hair her lips are like a rose so fair She's got the sweetest face and the gentlest hands I love the ground whereon she stands I love the ground whereon she stands