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Version 1

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X:1
T:Black Is The Colour
C:Trad
Z:Webmaster
M:4/4
L:1/4:
K:G
E2G2 | B3AB | | E/2(E3E2)D/2E/2 | F2D2 | B,4 |
w:Black, black, black is the co-lour - of my true love's hair,
z/2E/2(B3 | B/2)E/2G/(2B/2B2) | EG/2(A/2A2) |
w:His lips are some - thing wond - rous - fair
A3(c/2e/2) | (e2e3/2)d/2 | A3GA | (d/2c/2c2)A/2G/2 | (E4 |
w:- The pur - est eyes - and the fair - - est - hands
E3)z/2E/2 | (B3B/2)E/2 | (G3G/2)B/2 | E(G/2A/2)(A2 | A4) ||
w: - I love the ground - - - where - on he stands
W:.
W:1
W:Black, black, black is the colour of my true love's hair,
W:Her face is fine and wondrous fair,
W:The handsomest face and the gentlest hands,
W:I love the ground whereon she stands. 
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W:2 
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:3
W:I love 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:4
W:The winter's past and the leaves are green,
W:Gone are the days that we have seen.
W:But still I hope that the time will come,
W:Then you and I will be as one. 
W:
W:5
W:Black is the colour 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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