Por: raymondcrooke Duração: 2:72 Visitas: 3,746

Descrição:
I wrote this song during the South Africa's Apartheid era, when interracial relationships were against the law of the contry. It comes as a bit of a shock to realise that there were also laws against interracial marriage in some American states until the late nineteen-sixties.

My song is closely based on John Jacob Niles well-known arrangement of the traditional song, "Black is the Colour of My True Love's Hair."

Lyrics:

Black, black, black is the colour of my true love's hair.
Her lips are soft beyond compare.
The sweetest face and the daintiest hands.
I love the grass whereon she stands.

Black, black, black is the colour of my true love's skin.
That's why they say our love's a sin.
They say we'll have troubles without cease,
That black and white can't live in peace.

Black, black, black is the future they foretell for me,
But we will show them. They will see
Our love is true and strong and wide
And love can join what men divide.

You can hear a playlist of my original songs (in alphabetical order) here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B9F8E3B7A8822951...maismenos

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