Black is the Colour

from The Ivory Skull by The Phoenix Prestige

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The Phoenix Prestige's cover version was originally a folk song known in the Appalachian Mountains region of the USA in 1915.
The lyrics and verse melody were written by John Jacob Niles but is also popularly expressed as a Gaelic song of lost love throughout Ireland and Scotland.

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Black is the Colour
of my true love's hair
Her lips are like
Some roses fair
She has the sweetest smile
And the gentlest hands
I love the ground
whereon she stands

Whereon she stands

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from The Ivory Skull, track released March 26, 2011

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The Phoenix Prestige 杭州市, China

The Phoenix Prestige was a rock band from Ireland based in Hangzhou, China (2007 - 2011). They performed two national tours of China together under the strength of 3 Eps inspired by the visceral energy of punk with the ethereal minimalism of contemporary composers Philip Glass, Bernard Herman, Tod Browning, and Werner Herzog. ... more

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