Luka Bloom

Black Is The Colour

Luka Bloom


Tom: C

  Black is the 
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  colour      of my true love's  hair              Her lips are 

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  like            some rose so   fair             She has the sweetest 

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  smile       and the gentles    hands            Oh I love the 

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  ground        wbereon she     stands

[Verse 1]

  I love my
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   love          and well she   knows                 I love the 

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   ground         whereon she    goes                 I whish the

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    day      it soon might      come                  When she and

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     I        might be          as one



[Chorus]

  Black is the 
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  colour      of my true love's  hair              Her lips are 

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  like            some rose so   fair             She has the sweetest 

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  smile       and the gentles    hands            Oh I love the 

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  ground        wbereon she     stands

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[Verse 2]

  I go to the 
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   clyde      and mourn and      weep                 For satistified

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   I'll never    shall          be                   Write her a 

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    letter    just a few         short lines        And suffer 

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     death    10.000            times



[Chorus]

  Black is the 
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  colour      of my true love's  hair              Her lips are 

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  like            some rose so   fair             She has the sweetest 

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  smile       and the gentles    hands            Oh I love the 

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  ground        wbereon she     stands

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