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Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair
Found in BlackIsTheColor.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X:1 T:Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G E4 G4| B6 AB| E E3- E2 DE| F4 D4| B,8| z E B6-| BE G B- B4| E2 G A- A4-|\ A6c-e| e4- e3 d| A6 GA|c-B B4A-G| E8-| E6 z E| B6- BE| G6- GB| E2G-A A4-|\ A8| W: W:Black is the color of my true love's hair W:Her lips are like some rosy fair W:The purest eyes and the neatest hands W:I love the ground whereon she stands W: W:I go to the Clyde for to mourn and weep W:But satisfied I never can sleep W:I'll write to you in a few short lines W:I'll suffer death ten thousand times W: W:I know my love and well she knows W:I love the grass whereon she goes W:If she on earth no more I see W:My life will quickly fade away W: W:A winter's past and the leaves are green W:The time has past that we have seen W:But still I hope the time will come W:When you and I will be as one W: W:Black is the color of my true love's hair W:Her lips are like some rosy fair W:The purest eyes and the neatest hands W:I love the ground whereon she stands
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