[ti:Black Velvet Band]
[ar:The Dubliners]
[al:A Drop Of The Hard Stuff]
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[00:00.00]Black Velvet Band - The Dubliners
[00:07.84]In a neat little town they call Belfast
[00:12.23]Apprentice to trade I was bound
[00:16.46]Many an hours sweet happiness
[00:20.25]Have I spent in that neat little town
[00:25.23]A sad misfortune came over me
[00:29.68]Which caused me to stray from the land
[00:33.84]Far away from me friends and relations
[00:38.36]Betrayed by the black velvet band
[00:42.63]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[00:47.00]I thought her the queen of the land
[00:51.18]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[00:55.66]Tied up with a black velvet band
[00:59.78]I took a stroll down Broadway
[01:04.75]Meaning not long for to stay
[01:08.48]When who should I meet but this pretty fair
[01:12.30]Maid comes a trapsing along the highway
[01:17.16]She was both fair and handsome
[01:21.54]Her neck it was just like a swan
[01:25.54]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[01:30.20]Tied up with a black velvet band
[01:34.94]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[01:38.79]I thought her the queen of the land
[01:42.77]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[01:47.43]Tied up with a black velvet band
[01:51.71]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid
[01:56.05]And a gentleman passing us by
[02:00.07]Well I knew she meant the doing of him
[02:04.65]By the look in her roguish black eye
[02:08.75]A goldwatch she took from his pocket
[02:13.23]And placed it right in to my hand
[02:17.48]And the very first thing that I said
[02:21.12]Was bad `cess to the black velvet band
[02:26.09]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[02:30.41]I thought her the queen of the land
[02:34.23]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[02:38.85]Tied up with a black velvet band
[02:43.18]Before the judge and the jury
[02:47.26]Next morning I had to appear
[02:51.48]The judge he says to me:
[02:54.86]Young man your case it is proven clear
[02:59.90]We'll give you seven years penal servitude
[03:04.37]To be spent faraway from the land
[03:08.27]Far away from your friends and relations
[03:12.92]Betrayed by the black velvet band
[03:17.08]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[03:21.40]I thought her the queen of the land
[03:25.52]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[03:30.08]Tied up with a black velvet band
[03:34.05]So come all you jolly young
[03:37.01]Fellows a warning take by me
[03:42.61]When you are out on the town me lads
[03:47.01]Beware of them pretty colleens
[03:51.23]For they feed you with strong drink
[03:54.57]Me lads 'til you are unable to stand
[03:59.82]And the very first thing that you'll know
[04:03.42]Is you've landed in Van Diemens Land
[04:08.39]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[04:12.69]I thought her the queen of the land
[04:16.60]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[04:21.09]Tied up with a black velvet band