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BAmlack is the Ccolour of my tGrue loves hAmair
CHer lips Fare like Gsome roses fEmair
She's the sweetest smFile and the genGtlest haEmnds
And I lAmove the grCound whGere on she sAmtands.
 AmI love my Clove and wGell she Amknows
I Clove the gFround where Gon she Amgoes
I Cwish the Fday it sGoon would Emcome
wAmhen she and CI could Gbe as Amone.
(KEY CHANGE IN LAST VERSE, OPTIONAL)
DI go to the clGyde aAnd I mourn and wDeep
for satisfiGed AI neer can Dbe
I write her a letGter, jAust a few short liDnes and suffer GdeatAh
a thousand tiDmes.

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Black Is The Colour

by Mary Black

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Am C G Am

Black is the colour of my true loves hair

C F G Em

Her lips are like some roses fair

F G Em

She's the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands

Am C G Am

And I love the ground where on she stands.

Am C G Am

I love my love and well she knows

C F G Am

I love the ground where on she goes

C F G Em

I wish the day it soon would come

Am C G Am

when she and I could be as one.

(KEY CHANGE IN LAST VERSE, OPTIONAL)

D G A D

I go to the clyde and I mourn and weep

G A D

for satisfied I neer can be

G A D G A

I write her a letter, just a few short lines and suffer death

a thousand times.

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