Oh, I love my lover, and well he knows I'll write for you a few short lines, And I'd suffer death ten thousand times. I love the best. Mellow is the feeling that I get, I wish the day it soon would come when she and I could be as one. In particular, examination of correpondences between the recorded tunes might be helpful. Of the time, of the time, I love me love and well she knows -----------------------------------. Major differences I have put in italics, and one of Sharp's verses is missing in this version. Black is the color of my true love's hair. When he and I will be as one That's the time, that's the time, The reference to the river Clyde suggests that it may be based on an older Scottish song.". DARK IS THE COLOR OF MY SWEETHEART'S HAIR Dark is the color of my sweetheart's hair; His cheeks are like some roses fair; The prettiest face and neatest hands, I love the ground whereon he stands. The pain of love no tongue can tell, No heart can think no mind can sell. Black is the colour of my true love's hair Lyrics to 'Colours' by Donovan. I love the best. My dear sweetheart, my harmless love, I hope we'll meet in heaven above; And there to dwell with Christ forever; My dear sweetheart, you are so clever. He says "this song has two different tunes, one in a minor key and theother in a major key." Come, welcome, death, I will go with you; The roads are dark and lonesome too. Black Is The Colour Of My True Loves Hair (live) Lyrics, Black Is The Colour Of My True Loves Hair (live), Lyricapsule: The Surfaris Drop ‘Wipe Out’; June 22, 1963, Lyricapsule: The Byrds Drop ‘Mr. Black is the colour of my true love's hair Of my true love's hair It always sounded to me to be a translation from the Irish, but I have no direct evidence for that. Black is the colour of my true love's hair His face so soft and wonderous fair The purest eyes and the strongest hands I love the ground on where he stands I love the ground on where he stands Black is the colour of my true love's hair Of my true love's hair Oh, I love my lover, and well he knows Yes, I love the ground on where he goes He has the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands. An annotation cannot contain another annotation. If you no more on earth I see, I can't serve you as you have me. I'd suffer death, ten thousand times. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS). Of my true love's hair, Nina Simone Lyrics provided by SongLyrics.com. Lyrics to 'Colours' by Donovan. An annotation cannot contain another annotation. If never on earth I no more see, I cain't slight you like you've slighted me. And I love the ground (ground) whereon she stands! Help: 'Black is the color' verse question... Black Is the Color of my True Love's Hair, BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S HAIR, Black, Black, Was The Color Of My True Loves Hair, 'Black is the colour of my true love's hair', http://www.blackisthecolour.bravehost.com, http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/english-folk-songs/southern-appalachians%20-%200355.htm. [3] In the 1960s, Patty Waters sang an extended version for an ESP record which veered towards the avant garde and extremes of vocal improvisation,[4][unreliable source?] The rope is bought, the bolt is swung, A innocent man, you all have hung. So fare you well, I'd rather make, My home upon some icy lake, Where the southern sun refused to shine, Then trusting love as false as thine. If you can find them, Lizzie Roberts' song is on BLACK IS THE COLOUR, by Folktracks Cassettes (UK), 1980. In this particular case, of course, the spelling difference is more than usually liable to lead to confusion, and I, too, forgot that there were two separate, differently spelled sets in the DT when Dicho asked about it in another thread, recently revived by a visitor who had failed to find this, more substantive one. The second tape is CUMBERLAND GAP. I love my love - well she knows. 6. Evidence: I have a recording of Sean 'ac Donncha from Connemara singing Dark is the colour of my True Love's Hair, the words of which are very similar to 'Black is the Colour…' in the DT. The song was collected as "Black is the color" by Cecil Sharp & Maud Karpeles in 1916 from Mrs Lizzie Roberts. I love the best. I love the ground whereon she stands. I love the ground where on she goes. Cecil Sharp noted a single set from Mrs Lizzie Roberts of nearby Hot Springs, NC, in 1916 (see English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians (1932) vol.2 p.31). I love the ground where on she stands. Bobby has some interesting variations with regard to lyrics, and his tune is a little different, too. This melody was used in the Folk Songs song cycle by Luciano Berio. Well when I was just a young lad, my life about to start There was ever only one girl had a place inside my heart We walked the glen, we climbed the Ben, the forest was our bed, And many a morn I'd wake to find me kilt across her head The winter have broke and the leaves are green. When he and I will be as one. On the twenty-ninth of May the prison doors flew open wide With guns and guards on ever side, and on my coffin made ride. The time has passed, but I wish you well. That's the time, that's the time, Bobby is a ballad singer worth finding out about.