Black Velvet Band

[00:04.56] In a neat little town they called Belfast
[00:09.02] Apprentice to trade I was bound
[00:12.67] And many a pleasant hour
[00:15.32] I spent in that sweet little town
[00:20.76] Til A sad misfortune came over me
[00:25.20] That caused me to stray from the land
[00:27.97] Far away from my friends and relations
[00:32.43] befall the black velvet band
[00:36.96] Her eyes they shown like diamonds
[00:40.56] You'd swear she was queen of the land
[00:45.01] And her hair, hung over her shoulder
[00:49.59] Tied up with a black velvet band
[00:53.23] As I went walking down broadway
[00:57.72] Meaning not long for to stay
[01:01.37] But who should I meet but this pretty young maid
[01:05.82] come tripping along the highway
[01:09.43] She was both fair and handsome
[01:13.94] Her neck, it was just like a swan
[01:18.43] And her hair, hung over her shoulder
[01:22.99] Tied up with a black velvet band
[01:26.59] Her eyes they shown like diamonds
[01:30.19] You'd swear she was queen of the land
[01:33.76] And her hair, hung over her shoulder
[01:38.36] Tied up with a black velvet band
[01:53.63] I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid
[01:55.44] And a gentleman passing us by
[01:59.04] I knew she meant the doing of him
[02:02.62] By the look in her roguish dark eye
[02:07.17] A gold watch she took out of his pocket
[02:11.68] And placed it right into my hand
[02:15.20] And the very first thing that I said, was
[02:18.84] Bad luck to your black velvet band
[02:23.31] Her eyes they shown like diamonds
[02:27.97] You'd swear she was queen of the land
[02:31.56] And her hair, hung over her shoulder
[02:36.07] Tied up with a black velvet band
[02:40.57] Before judge and jury
[02:42.33] Next morning, the both of us did appear
[02:47.70] And the gentlemen claiming his jewelery,
[02:52.23] The case against us was clear:
[02:57.60] All seven long years transportation,
[03:01.22] Right on down to bandyman's land
[03:06.63] Far away from your friends and relations
[03:08.44] Betrayed by the black velvet band"
[03:12.04] Her eyes they shown like diamonds
[03:16.51] You'd swear she was queen of the land
[03:20.26] And her hair, hung over her shoulder
[03:24.78] Tied up with a black velvet band
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