"Black is the color of my true love's hair", Nina Simone

"Black is the color of my true love's hair", Nina Simone, 1959.  Nina Simone at Town Hall

Black is the color of my true love's hair
His face so soft and wondrous fair
The purest eyes
And strongest hands
I love the land on where he stands
I love the ground on where he stands

Black is the color of my true love's hair
Of my true love's hair
Of my true love's hair
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This song was first heard in the US around 1915, and comes from a traditional scottish folk song. Should be about a girl waiting for her man to come back from the sea.  Read it there:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThH_-y3cb8