Christy Moore - Black Is The Colour

Black is the colour of my true love's hair,
Her lips are like some roses fair,
She's 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, whereon she goes,
I wish the day, it soon would come,
When she & I could be as one.
Black is the colour of my true love's hair,
Her lips are like some roses fair,
She's the sweetest smile, And
the gentlest hands,
I love the ground, Whereon she stands.
I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep,
For satisfied, I ne'er can be,
I write her a letter, just a few short lines,
And suffer death, a thousand times.
(Guitar)
Black is the colour of my true love's hair,
Her lips are like some roses fair,
She's the sweetest smile, And
the gentlest hands,
I love the ground, Whereon she stands.
Traditional ballad (Scotland)
This version - Christy Moore
Key : Am
Chords :
(Am), F, G, Am,
F, G, E,
F, G, E,
F, G, Am
(gd/naas)

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[LedSledJoe]

14 people are inept of emotion

[Leodhas77]

People, It's a traditional Scottish folk song! Hamish Imlach was doing this song 50 years ago. It was however first recorded in the startes. I've heard many different versions of this song, my grandfather used to sing a version when he was alive that he learnt as a child circa 1920's/30's in which he used east coast (Scotland) Vernacular. Many Scottish songs people (especially in the states) presume are Irish. Nevertheless this is understandable due Scot/Irish cultural ties. A lot of cross-over.

[irishkev666]

to love ever is to hear this song with all ones heart is to feel your doom and still were looking for her image !!! no one song that kicks you home .#

[iainlonuk]

ah fuck off

[laazybut]

who cares just enjoy the song, 

[MrSomerfeild]

@michealcarney but scotlands real culture, not what the english have forced into scottish culture. the scots where an irish clan who came to scotland! we both speak similar languages and have both suffered from the hands of english, they tried to destroy our cultures

[michealcarney]

eh they wont hopefully cause they're not! im Irish and only similar to half of scottish people

[OrisLover]

Very cool.

[siroduibhalot]

@Leodhas77 yeh we got cross over as you call it, and im proud of it, glad us irish have such close ties to the scots, you are a country of fighters just like us, imagine havin the bond between ireland and scotland with the english or somethin!! things can always be worse!!! ps. look up how scotland got its name.. maybe you already know, us irish invaded your west coast and we were called the (scoti) an irish tribe that eventually settled, look it up its very interestin, the irish/scots 4eva!!Ha

[frankie2564]

This has always been mine paddys song love it xx

[spartan6888]

only best from a cork man..