Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair

E396911

folk song traditional song vocal jazz standard

"Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" is a traditional folk song memorably interpreted by Nina Simone in a haunting, jazz-inflected arrangement that has become one of her signature recordings.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair	2
"Black is the color of my true love's hair"	1
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair canonical	1
Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair	1
“Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair”	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	folk song ⓘ traditional song ⓘ vocal jazz standard ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Appalachia ⓘ Appalachian folk tradition ⓘ
cataloguedAs	Roud 3103 ⓘ
collectedBy	John Jacob Niles NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	folk ⓘ jazz ⓘ traditional music ⓘ vocal jazz ⓘ
hasArrangementStyle	folk ballad arrangement ⓘ jazz-inflected arrangement ⓘ slow tempo arrangement ⓘ
hasForm	strophic song ⓘ
hasKeyLyric	Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "Black is the color of my true love's hair" "His face so fair and handsome" ⓘ "I go to the Clyde to mourn and weep" ⓘ "I love my love and well he knows" ⓘ
hasMood	haunting ⓘ intimate ⓘ melancholic ⓘ
hasPublicDomainStatus	traditional melody and lyrics are in the public domain in many jurisdictions ⓘ
hasVariant	Black Is the Colour ⓘ surface form: Black Is the Color Black Is the Colour ⓘ Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair
isTraditional	true ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricTheme	devotion ⓘ longing ⓘ love ⓘ separation ⓘ
notablePerformer	Cara Dillon ⓘ Christy Moore ⓘ Dolores Keane NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Ritchie ⓘ Joan Baez ⓘ John Jacob Niles ⓘ Nina Simone ⓘ The Kingston Trio ⓘ
subjectOf	numerous folk song collections ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation	voice and folk ensemble ⓘ voice and guitar ⓘ voice and piano ⓘ
vocalType	solo song ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nina Simone → notableWork → Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair ⓘ

album "Joan Baez in Concert" → hasPart → Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair ⓘ

subject surface form: Joan Baez in Concert

this entity surface form: “Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair”

Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair → hasKeyLyric → Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Black is the color of my true love's hair"

Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair → hasVariant → Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair

Wild Is the Wind → hasTrack → Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair

Wild Is the Wind → includesCover → Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair