Black Velvet Band

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1. In a neat little town they call Belfast

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Apprenticed in trade I was bound

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And many an hour of sweet happiness

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I spent in that neat little town

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Till bad misfortune befell me

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And caused me to stray from the land

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Far away from my friends and rela-a-tions

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To follow the black velvet band

Chorus: Her eyes they shone like the diamonds

You'd think she was queen of the land

And her hair thrown over her shoulders

Tied up with a black velvet band

2. As I went walking down broadway

Not meaning to go very far

When I met with a pretty young damsel

She was selling her trade in a bar

When a watch she took from a customer

And slipped it right into my hand

Then the guard came and put me in prison

Bad luck to the black velvet band

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3. Next morning before judge and jury

For our trial I had to appear

The judge, he said, "Young fellow

The case against you is quite clear

And seven years is your sentence

You're going to Van Dieman's Land

Far away from your friends and relations

To follow the black velvet band

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4. So come all you jolly young fellows

I'd have you take warning by me

And whenever you're out on the liquor

Beware of the pretty colleen

They'll fill you with whiskey and porter

Until You're not able to stand

And the very next thing that you kno-o-w

You're landed in Van Dieman's Land

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