“Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” is the lead single by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and is featured on her debut album, Eye to the Telescope.

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The track charting at No. 28 in the UK Singles Chart was released on 21 February 2005. It is one of many songs that reuses the famous Bo Diddley beat from the influential 1955 song of his own name.

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Lyrics for Black Horse & a Cherry Tree
Song by KT Tunstall

Two, three, four
(Woohoo, woohoo)
(Woohoo, woohoo)

Well, my heart knows me better than I know myself
So I’m gonna let it do all the talking
(Woohoo, woohoo)
I came across a place in the middle of nowhere
With a big black horse and a cherry tree
(Woohoo, woohoo)
I felt a little fear upon my back
I said, “Don’t look back, just keep on walking”
(Woohoo, woohoo)
Well, the big black horse said, “Look this way”
He said, “Hey lil’ lady, will you marry me?”

But I said, “No no, no no no no”
I said, “No no”
You’re not the one for me”
No no, no no no no
I said, “No no, you’re not the one for me
Ooh, woohoo

And my heart had a problem in the early hours
So I stopped it dead for a beat or two
(Woohoo, woohoo)
But I cut some cord and I shouldn’t have done it
And it won’t forgive me after all these years
(Woohoo, woohoo)
So I sent her to a place in the middle of nowhere
With a big black horse and a cherry tree
(Woohoo, woohoo)
Now it won’t come back cause it’s oh so happy
And now I’ve got a hole for the world to see, yeah
(Woohoo, woohoo)

And it said, “No no, no no no no
I said, “No no
You’re not the one for me”
No no, no no no no
I said, “No no, you’re not the one for me”
Ooh, woohoo
(Not the one for me, yeah)
(Woohoo)

I said, “No no no no, no no no
No, no
You’re not the one for me” (Woohoo)
No no no no
No no
No no, you’re not the one for me”
(Woohoo)

Big black horse and a cherry tree
(No no, no no no no)
I can’t quite get there
‘Cause my heart’s forsaken me
Yeah, yeah, yeah (No no)
Big black horse and a cherry tree (No no, no no no no)
I can’t quite get there cause my heart’s forsaken me