The Max Hunter Folksong Collection

Black is the Color of My True Loves Hair

Cat. #0138 (MFH #682) - As sung by Mrs. "Bobbie" Barnes, Eureka Springs, Arkansas on June 21, 1958

Black, black is th color of my true loves hair
His face is something rosy fair
The brownest brow and the strongest hands
I love the ground on which he stands

VARIANTS:
0107 Willie Boy
0180 Sailor Boy
0242 Black, Black Was the Color of My True Loves Hair
0363 Sailor Boy
1183 Boatman, Boatman

OTHER COLLECTIONS:
Randolph: I-68 The Sailors Sweetheart
Belden: p. 186 The Sailor Boy
Brown: II-104 The Sailor Boy


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