Black Velvet Band- The Dubliners **
[Verse 1]
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In a neat little town they call Belfast, Appren--ticed to trade I was bound
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And many an hour of sweet hap--piness, I spent in that neat little town
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Till sad misfortune came over me, Which caused me to stray from the land
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Far a--way from me friends and re--lations, Betrayed by the Black Velvet Band
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Her eyes they shone like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder, Tied up with the Black Velvet Band
[Verse 2]
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I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, And the gentleman passing us by
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I knew the meant she the doing of him, By the look of her rog--uish black--eye
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A gold--watch she took from his pocket, And she placed it right into me hand
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And the very first that I said was, Bad Cess to the black velvet band
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Her eyes they shone like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder, Tied up with the Black Velvet Band
[Verse 3]
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Now be--fore a judge and a jury, Next morning I had to appear
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Oh the judge he said to me Young man, Your case is proven clear
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You'll be given seven years of penal servitude, You'll be sentenced to a far away land.
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Far a--way from your friends and re--lations, Be--trayed by the Black Velvet Band
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Her eyes they shone like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder, Tied up with the Black Velvet Band
[Verse 4]
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So come all ye jolly young fellows, And a warning you take from me
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When you are out on the town to drink me boy's, Be--ware of the pretty col--leens
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For they'll feed you with strong drinks "Me Lads", unt--ill you are unable to stand
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And the very next thing that you know is, You've landed in Van Diemen's Land
[Chorus]
C F G
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder, Tied up with the Black Velvet Band
[Slowing down]
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder, Tied up with the Black Velvet Band