Black is the colour of my true love's hair.
Her lips are like some roses fair
She has the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands
And 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 and I could be as one
 
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
 
Black is the colour of my true love's hair.
Her lips are like some roses fair
She had the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands
And I love the ground whereon she stands.

Words and Music - Traditional