black black black is the color of my true love's hair her lips are something wondrous fair ... hmmmm, can't remember the rest something about i love the ground whereon she stands i learned that song off a record in the days before tape cassettes and long before cd's. records. they came in 33 1/3 rmp »long play« also known as »albums« and 45 rpm records that typically just had one song per side. okay, kids, end of history lesson.