Lyrics - Black Velvet Band by Celtic Folk

THE
BLACK
VELVET
BAND ---------------------v.1
In a neat little town they call
Belfast,
An apprentice to trade
I was bound,
And manys the hour of sweet happiness
I spent in that neat little town.v.2
Til a sad misfortune came over me, and forced me to stray from the land, far away from my friends and relations
Betrayed by the black velvet band
Chorus:
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds
You'd swear she was queen of the land, and her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a black velvet bandv.3
As
I went out strolling one evening, not intending to stray very far
I met with a frolicsome damsel
Plying her trade in the barv.4
A gold watch she clipped from a customer and placed it right into my hand
On the very first day that
I met her
Bad luck to the black velvet band
Chorusv.5
To judge and jury next morning for trial
I had to appear and the judge he said my young fellow the case against you is quite clearv.6
I give you seven years penal servitude
To be spent far away from the land
Far away from your friends and relations your going to *
Van
Damiens land
Chorusv.7
So come all you jolly young fellows
A warning take by me
When ever you're out on the liquor
Beware of the pretty colleensv.8
For they will fill you with strong drink until your not able to stand and the very next thing that you know, me lads you've landed in
Van
Damiens land*******************************************************************************
Note that
Tasmania (
Van
Diemen's
Land) is no longer an
Australianpenal colony.
Its use as such ceased some time ago. (:-)

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