Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair

E396911

folk song traditional song vocal jazz standard

"Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" is a traditional folk song memorably interpreted by Nina Simone in a haunting, jazz-inflected arrangement that has become one of her signature recordings.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair	2
"Black is the color of my true love's hair"	1
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair canonical	1
Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair	1
Black Is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair	1
“Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair”	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3891464 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
Context triple: [Nina Simone, notableWork, Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair]

A. Black Love
Black Love is a studio album by Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie that blends hip-hop and Afrobeats while exploring themes of romance, relationships, and contemporary African life.
B. Isn't She Lovely
"Isn't She Lovely" is a popular 1976 soul and R&B song by Stevie Wonder, celebrated for its joyful tribute to his newborn daughter and its distinctive harmonica and vocal performances.
C. The Colour of My Love
The Colour of My Love is a commercially successful and critically acclaimed pop album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, featuring some of her most iconic 1990s ballads.
D. The One I Love
The One I Love is a 2014 American surreal romantic dramedy film starring Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss, centered on a troubled couple whose weekend retreat takes an unexpectedly bizarre turn.
E. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
"I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" is a popular 1937 song by Irving Berlin that has become a jazz and pop standard, widely recorded by numerous artists.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
Target entity description: "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" is a traditional folk song memorably interpreted by Nina Simone in a haunting, jazz-inflected arrangement that has become one of her signature recordings.

A. Black Love
Black Love is a studio album by Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie that blends hip-hop and Afrobeats while exploring themes of romance, relationships, and contemporary African life.
B. Isn't She Lovely
"Isn't She Lovely" is a popular 1976 soul and R&B song by Stevie Wonder, celebrated for its joyful tribute to his newborn daughter and its distinctive harmonica and vocal performances.
C. The Colour of My Love
The Colour of My Love is a commercially successful and critically acclaimed pop album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, featuring some of her most iconic 1990s ballads.
D. The One I Love
The One I Love is a 2014 American surreal romantic dramedy film starring Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss, centered on a troubled couple whose weekend retreat takes an unexpectedly bizarre turn.
E. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
"I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" is a popular 1937 song by Irving Berlin that has become a jazz and pop standard, widely recorded by numerous artists.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	folk song ⓘ traditional song ⓘ vocal jazz standard ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Appalachia ⓘ Appalachian folk tradition ⓘ
cataloguedAs	Roud 3103 ⓘ
collectedBy	John Jacob Niles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
genre	folk ⓘ jazz ⓘ traditional music ⓘ vocal jazz ⓘ
hasArrangementStyle	folk ballad arrangement ⓘ jazz-inflected arrangement ⓘ slow tempo arrangement ⓘ
hasForm	strophic song ⓘ
hasKeyLyric	"Black is the color of my true love's hair" ⓘ linked to: Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair "His face so fair and handsome" ⓘ "I go to the Clyde to mourn and weep" ⓘ "I love my love and well he knows" ⓘ
hasMood	haunting ⓘ intimate ⓘ melancholic ⓘ
hasPublicDomainStatus	traditional melody and lyrics are in the public domain in many jurisdictions ⓘ
hasVariant	Black Is the Color ⓘ linked to: Black Is the Colour Black Is the Colour ⓘ Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair ⓘ linked to: Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
isTraditional	true ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricTheme	devotion ⓘ longing ⓘ love ⓘ separation ⓘ
notablePerformer	Cara Dillon ⓘ Christy Moore ⓘ Dolores Keane ⓘ Jean Ritchie ⓘ Joan Baez ⓘ John Jacob Niles ⓘ Nina Simone ⓘ The Kingston Trio ⓘ
subjectOf	numerous folk song collections ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation	voice and folk ensemble ⓘ voice and guitar ⓘ voice and piano ⓘ
vocalType	solo song ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nina Simone → notableWork → Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair ⓘ

Joan Baez in Concert → hasPart → “Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” ⓘ

subject linked to: album "Joan Baez in Concert"