Black is the Colour

X:7
T:Black is the Colour
C:(as sung by Christy Moore)
Z: A. Waksman
F: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2MVWzFbxQI
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: Am
"Am"EE2A,|"F"CC3-C4 | "G"z2B,B, DB,2A,- | "Am"A,8 | z3E (EG2)E | 
w: Black is the col-our_ of my true love's hair,_ Her lips_ are
"F"A8 | [M:3/2]z3G "G"B4- (B~A2)G | [M:C|]"E7/B"E8 | zDEE EE2A- | 
w: like some ro---ses fair, She has the sweet-est smile
"F"A8 | [M:3/2]z2GA "G"B4- B3G | [M:C|]"E7/B"E8 | z2EE E3A, | 
w: _ and the gent--lest hands,  and I love the
"F"C8 | "G"z3G,- G,A,2B, | "Am"A,8 | z3 |]
w: ground where--on she stands.
W: 
W: 2. I love my love and well she knows,
W:I love the ground, whereon she goes,
W:I wish the day, it soon would come,
W:When she and I will be as one.
W:
W:3. I'll go to the Clyde and I'll mourn and weep,
W:For satisfied, I could never can be,
W:I'll write her a letter, just a few short lines,
W:And suffer death, a thousand times.
W:
W:4. For black is the colour...

Alternative sources for this tune:

• spuds.thursdaycontra.com/TuneSwaps/0_SPUDS_TuneSwap_All/0065