Here is another version that refers to "Troublesome". It comes from Evelyn Ramsey of Sodom Laurel in Madison County, North Carolina. Sheila Adams says that she learned her version from Evelyn. When you listen to Sheila's version and Eveyln's version back to back you can definitely see the relationship, especially with regard to the tune and the delivery.

Evelyn Ramsey's version can be found on a CD that accompanies the very recently published book by Rob Amberg called SODOM LAUREL ALBUM, published by the University of North Carolina Press at Chapel Hill, NC. It is an account in pictures and text and song of Amberg's time at Sodom Laurel, especially with Dellie Norton and her family. The CD adds significantly to the body of recorded material by the "Sodom Laurel Ballad Singers". Here is Evelyn Ramsey's version of "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair":

BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S HAIR

Black is the color of my true love's hair,
Her cheeks are like some rosy fair,
With the prettiest face and the neatest hands,
I love the ground whereon she stands.

I love my love and well she knows,
I love the ground whereon she goes,
If I no more on earth shall see,
I won't serve you as you have me.

I go to Troublesome to mourn and weep,
But satisfied I can never be,
I write to you a letter in a few short lines,
I'll suffer death ten thousand times.

I love my love and well she knows,
I love the ground whereon she goes,
If I no more on earth shall see,
I won't serve you as you have me.

My love, she's sixteen years old,
Her hair is like some glittering gold,
With the prettiest face and the neatest hands,
I love the ground whereon she stands.

The last verse is unusual and is the same as the one mentioned by Jean Ritchie above:

"The other song mentioned is I believe NOT a variant of "But Black," someone just dragged in a verse of "Black" to round out the "Sailors' Life" song. The FOLK do that all the time... there's a great old banjo song from my family/community that does it, sung there long before they ever knew the "But Black" that I recorded in 1950(EK-L-2, released in 1952). One of the verses:

O that pretty little girl, sixteen years old
Hair j'st as yaller as the flamin gold,
Well the prettiest hair and the neatest hands-
God bless the ground on where she stands!

It is also mentioned by Mike Yates above in his discussion of Dellie Norton's version. I think he attributes this verse to "The Rambling Boy":

Oh my pretty little miss sixteen years old
Her hair just as yeller as the shining gold
The prettiest face and the sweetest hands
Bless the ground on where she stands.

The apparent contradiction of hair color doesn't seem to have been a problem for Evelyn in her version. Also, if you compare Sheila Adams' version, posted above, with Evelyn's version you can see that Sheila has gone beyond this single source and gotten some verses from others besides Evelyn.