The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #32248 Message #422611
Posted By: dick greenhaus
21-Mar-01 - 03:49 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair
Subject: RE: black is the color?from where?
The version usually sung is that written by John Jacob Niles. There are antecedents collected in Appalachia by Cecil Sharp (1918)