Shaw

Question 1

Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair

Answer 1

Black is the color of my true love’s hair,

Question 2

Black is the color of my true love’s hair,

Answer 2

His face is something wondrous fair.

Question 3

His face is something wondrous fair.

Answer 3

The clearest eyes and the strongest hands,

Question 4

The clearest eyes and the strongest hands,

Answer 4

I love the ground whereon he stands.

Question 5

I love the ground whereon he stands.

Answer 5

I love my love and well he knows,

Question 6

I love my love and well he knows,

Answer 6

I love the ground whereon he goes.

Question 7

I love the ground whereon he goes.

Answer 7

And still I hope the time will come

Question 8

And still I hope the time will come

Answer 8

when he and I will be as one.

Question 9

He’s Gone Away

Answer 9

He’s gone away for to stay a little while,

Question 10

He’s gone away for to stay a little while,

Answer 10

But he’s comin‘ back if he goes ten thousand miles.

Question 11

But he’s comin‘ back if he goes ten thousand miles.

Answer 11

Oh, who will tie my shoe,

Question 12

Oh, who will tie my shoe,

Answer 12

and who will glove my hand?

Question 13

and who will glove my hand?

Answer 13

And who will kiss my ruby lips

Question 14

And who will kiss my ruby lips

Answer 14

when he is gone?

Question 15

when he is gone?

Answer 15

Gone away, far away, over yonder.

Question 16

Gone away, far away, over yonder.

Answer 16

He’s gone away for to stay a little while,

Question 17

He’s gone away for to stay a little while,

Answer 17

But he’s comin‘ back if he goes ten thousand miles.

Question 18

But he’s comin‘ back if he goes ten thousand miles.

Answer 18

Oh, it’s pappy who‘ll tie my shoe,

Question 19

Oh, it’s pappy who‘ll tie my shoe,

Answer 19

and mammy who‘ll glove my hand,

Question 20

and mammy who‘ll glove my hand,

Answer 20

and you will kiss my ruby lips

Question 21

and you will kiss my ruby lips

Answer 21

when he is gone.

Question 22

when he is gone.

Answer 22

Gone away, far away, over yonder.

Question 23

The Nightingale

Answer 23

One mornin’, one mornin’, one mornin’ in May,

Question 24

One mornin’, one mornin’, one mornin’ in May,

Answer 24

I saw a fair couple amakin’ their way;

Question 25

I saw a fair couple amakin’ their way;

Answer 25

And one was a lady, a lady so fair,

Question 26

And one was a lady, a lady so fair,

Answer 26

The other a soldier, a brave volunteer.

Question 27

The other a soldier, a brave volunteer.

Answer 27

“Good mornin’, good mornin’, good mornin’ to thee,

Question 28

“Good mornin’, good mornin’, good mornin’ to thee,

Answer 28

O where are you goin’ my pretty lady?”

Question 29

O where are you goin’ my pretty lady?”

Answer 29

“O I am a goin’ to the banks of the sea,

Question 30

“O I am a goin’ to the banks of the sea,

Answer 30

To see waters glidin’, hear the nightingale sing.”

Question 31

To see waters glidin’, hear the nightingale sing.”

Answer 31

They hadn’t been standin’ a minute or two,

Question 32

They hadn’t been standin’ a minute or two,

Answer 32

When out of his knapsack a fiddle he drew;

Question 33

When out of his knapsack a fiddle he drew;

Answer 33

And the tune that he played made the valleys all ring,

Question 34

And the tune that he played made the valleys all ring,

Answer 34

Made the waters go glidin’, made the nightingale sing!

Question 35

Made the waters go glidin’, made the nightingale sing!

Answer 35

“Brave soldier, kind solider will you marry me?”

Question 36

“Brave soldier, kind solider will you marry me?”

Answer 36

“Oh, no pretty lady, that never could be.

Question 37

“Oh, no pretty lady, that never could be.

Answer 37

I’ve a true love in London who’s waitin’ for me,

Question 38

I’ve a true love in London who’s waitin’ for me,

Answer 38

Two loves in the army’s too many for me.”

Question 39

Two loves in the army’s too many for me.”

Answer 39

“I’ll go back to London and stay there a year,

Question 40

“I’ll go back to London and stay there a year,

Answer 40

And often I’ll dream of you, my little dear;

Question 41

And often I’ll dream of you, my little dear;

Answer 41

And if e’er I return ’twill be in the Spring,

Question 42

And if e’er I return ’twill be in the Spring,

Answer 42

To see waters glidin’, hear the nightingale sing.”