From the recording Melange
From Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair, Traditional
Arrangement and Additional Lyrics by Mike Kelleher
Violins by Karin Kelleher
Backup vocals by Mike Kelleher
(ASCAP/Ⓟ Kelleher Music LLC)
Lyrics
Black is the color
of my true love’s hair.
Her lips are like
some roses fair.
She’s the sweetest smile
and the strongest hands.
I love the ground
whereon she stands.
I love my love
and well she knows.
I will follow
where’ere she goes.
If she on earth
no more would stay
my life would simply
fade away.
I go to the Sewa
and mourn and weep,
for satisfied
I ne’er can be.
I’ll write her a letter
with these few lines,
and suffer death
ten thousand times
Black is the color
of my true love’s hair.
Her eyes are something
wondrous fair.
I wish the day
it soon would come
when she and I
will live as one.
Sewa: http://tinyurl.com/pvfc9dl