Free Folk Music Score
Black is the Colour of my True Love’s Hair
(Level – VERY EASY)
‘Black is the Colour’ is an old Scottish folk melody and text. I’ve added a new second section with a smoother feel, expanding on the wishful theme of the original verse. Just three parts here – try singing this quite slowly but lightly, with lots of feeling. This score can be downloaded and copied free of charge.
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Lyrics
LYRICS (Traditional, modified C. Mayers)
INTRODUCTION (G Myxolidian) In unison -
I love my love, and well he knows,
I love the ground whereon he goes,
The prettiest face and the neatest hands,
I love the ground whereon he stands –
VERSE 1 (C Myxolidian) In parts –
But black is the colour of my true love’s hair,
His face is like some rosy fair,
The prettiest face and the neatest hands,
I love the ground whereon he stands.
Let him be noble, be bold and be kindly,
A husband, a father, companion and friend –
Let us be married, be closer, be warmer,
A couple, together, until our lives end.
The winter’s past and the leaves are green,
The time has passed; that we have seen,
But still I hope that the time will come
When you and I shall be as one.
You shall be noble, be bold and be kindly,
A husband, a father, companion and friend –
We shall be married, be closer, be warmer,
A couple, together, until our lives end.
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