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A traditional track most famously performed by Christy Moore, though I first heard it by my friend Carleko.
Some beautiful lyrics and I decided to keep it stripped back to show them off

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Black is the colour of my true love's hair,
Her lips are like some roses fair,
She got the sweetest smile, 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.

I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep,
For satisfied, I ne'er can be,
I wrote her a letter, just a few short lines,
And suffer death, a thousand times.

Black is the colour of my true love's hair,
Her lips are like some roses fair,
She got the sweetest smile, the gentlest hands,
I love the ground, Whereon she stands.

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from Loose Ends (The Rest of Lew Bear, Volume 1), released September 15, 2016
Lew Bear - vocals, guitar and arrangement
Traditional - lyrics

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