Another version of "Black is the Colour" is included in volume 5 of "Far in the Mountains" (Musical Traditions MTCD513). It was sung to me by Inez Chandler of Madison County, NC in 1980. Inez was a friend of Dellie Norton, whose own version of the song can be heard on MTCD503-4.

As regards MGM's "Rosy Fair" idea. He did submit this for publication in the Folk Music Journal, but it was rejected as being too speculative.