Leader: CS
Intro , and main song .
Sop1 JL , KJ
Sop2 WT , JT
Alto JB , LS, MX
Tenor MM , AM
Bass RM , PS , CS
Black is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair – all
Black is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair – sop 1
Black is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair – sop 2
Black is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair – alto
Black is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair – tenor
Black is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair – bass
Lyrics
Black is the colour of my true love’s hair,
Her lips are like some roses fair,
She’s the sweetest smile, And the gentlest hands,
I love the ground, Whereon she stands.
I love my love and well she knows,
I love the ground, whereon she goes,
I wish the day, it soon would come,
When she & I could be as one.
Black is the colour of my true love’s hair,
Her lips are like some roses fair,
She’s the sweetest smile, And the gentlest hands,
I love the ground, Whereon she stands.
I go to the Clyde and I mourn and weep,
For satisfied, I ne’er can be,
I write her a letter, just a few short lines,
And suffer death, a thousand times.
More lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/c/christy_moore/
Daniel’s directions ( given in rehearsal : “do these apply to me” : yes)
bar 7 : 4 beat break, after eyes
bar 8: daintiest – two syllables : dain – tyest (not dain – ti -est )
bar 10 : tie : love – the
bar 12 : tenors tie : black – black
bar 23 : alto solo
bar 31 : tenor cres (daintiest love)
bar 31- 32 : sops and altos tie I – love
bar 35 – end dim(inish volume)