Ayreheart - Black is the Color

"Black is the Color" was a traditional British ballad found by John Jacob Niles, a famous collector of traditional ballads. As the story goes, he fell in love with the text, but hated the melody that was attached to it, so he wrote a new one. Ayreheart performing his ‘re-written’ version here.
This track was recorded and mixed by Carr Designs at North Fourth Studios.
Lyrics:
Black is the color of my true Love’s hair,
Her face is something wondrous fair,
The brightest eyes and the daintiest hands,
I love the ground whereon she stands.
I love my Love and well she knows,
I love the ground whereon she goes,
If she on Earth no more I see,
My life would quickly leave me.
Black is the color of my true Love’s hair,
Her face is something wondrous fair,
The brightest eyes and the daintiest hands,
I love the ground whereon she stands.
I go to the Clyde to mourn, to weep,
Unsatisfied I never can sleep,
I’ll write you a song in a few short lines,
I’d suffer death a thousand times.
Black is the color of my true Love’s hair,
Her face is something wondrous fair,
The brightest eyes and the daintiest hands,
I love the ground whereon she stands.

[@ericwhollem]

a gorgeous song!!

[@RoxaneGenot]

Ok, I'm subbing now :D

[@wjchivers]

Me too, wow!
Ayreheart, could you give us details of the instruments used please?

[@shane8037]

@@wjchivers lute, long lute, small guitar, short drum
you're welcome

[@tobiasstudtheol]

@@shane8037, what you call a long lute is actually a colascione.

[@colemanstarr5404]

I liked the original melody

[@mrfender03294]

Can you tell me what the chord progression is? Btw...one of the best things I heard during quarantine!

[@Ayreheart]

sounds roughly like this: Gm | Gm Dm | Gm | Gm | Cm | Gm F | Dm Eb | Eb Gm | Gm Bb Cm | Cm | Cm
but this isn't an accurate reflection of the dropped beats and additional beats thrown in