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
lyrics
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.
Recorded by the only sound tech Djay Buddha, written by Stoo Nicol and Sketchy. Percussion by me and Paddy, violin by Yuuka and Bass from the gone but not forgotten Broon - what else could you want? Lew Bear
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