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Thread #164912 Message #3951667
Posted By: BrooklynJay
19-Sep-18 - 04:41 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Black is the color sung by Nina Simone
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Black is the color sung by Nina Simone
Just a clarification: Ed McCurdy's version (which I pretty much grew up with) uses the melody by John Jacob Niles, not the trad one.
Haven't been able to find it on the Internet, though. (Maybe I don't know where to look...)