black velvet band
[00:06.13] In a neat little town they called Belfast
[00:11.13] Apprentice to trade I was bound
[00:17.13] Oh many an hour's sweet happiness
[00:24.63] Have I spent in that neat little town
[00:31.88] When a sad misfortune came over me
[00:38.13] Which caused me to stray from the land
[00:43.63] Far away from my friends and relations
[00:51.13] Betrayed by the black velvet band
[00:57.38] Her eyes they shown like diamonds
[01:02.13] I thought her the queen of the land
[01:06.88] And her hair, it hung over her shoulder
[01:11.88] Tied up with a black velvet band
[01:19.63] I took a stroll down broadway
[01:23.88] Meaning not long for to stay
[01:28.13] When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid
[01:32.88] Come a-traipsing along the highway
[01:38.13] She was both fair and handsome
[01:42.38] Her neck, it was just like a swan
[01:46.64] And her hair, it hung over her shoulder
[01:51.38] Tied up with a black velvet band
[01:56.13] Her eyes they shown like diamonds
[02:00.38] I thought her the queen of the land
[02:04.88] And her hair, it hung over her shoulder
[02:09.63] Tied up with a black velvet band
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[02:24.63] So I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid
[02:28.63] And a gentleman passing us by
[02:33.13] Oh, I knew she meant the doing of him
[02:37.88] By the look in her roguish black eyes
[02:42.13] A gold watch she took from his pocket
[02:46.13] And slipped it right into my hand
[02:50.89] And the very first thing that I said, was
[02:55.13] Bad 'cess to the black velvet band
[02:59.88] Her eyes they shown like diamonds
[03:04.13] I thought her the queen of the land
[03:08.38] And her hair, it hung over her shoulder
[03:12.63] Tied up with a black velvet band
[03:20.13] Seven long years penal servitude
[03:24.14] Have spent down in Van Diemen's Land
[03:28.89] Far away from my friends and relations
[03:34.13] Betrayed by the black velvet band
[03:39.38] Her eyes they shown like diamonds
[03:43.88] I thought her the queen of the land
[03:47.88] And her hair, it hung over her shoulder
[03:52.38] Tied up with a black velvet band
[03:56.89] Her eyes they shown like diamonds
[04:01.13] I thought her the queen of the land
[04:05.38] And her hair, it hung over her shoulder
[04:12.38] Tied up with a black velvet band
