In G, but with not a single G in the tune?
Here's the Sharp/Karpeles tune in ABC:
X:0
T:Black is the Colour
S:Sharp & Karpeles, 80 English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians
N:they mark an editorial sharp on the last C, which to me sounds just as weird as the original
M:3/2
L:1/4
Q:1/2=60 % my guess - JC
K:DMix
A A D/D/| F>F A F D C|D3
A A c | d2 c2 (3edc|A3
A A c | d2 c c e d|A2
A2 A D |(F2 A) F D C|D3|]
Its mode is extraordinary (mode 5 of the ascending half of the Japanese in-sen scale!) - it's the only example of that I've ever seen from anywhere and I can't think what to compare it with or imagine where it came from.