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(G)In a neat little town they call Belfast
apprenticed to trade I was (D)bound
And (G)many an hour of sweet (Emin)happiness
I (C)spent in that (D)neat
little (G)town
(G)Till bad misfortune came over me and
caused me to stray from the (D)land
Far a(G)way from me friends and re(Emin)lations
me (C)followed the (D)Black
Velvet (G)Band
(G)Her eyes they shown like the diamonds
You'd think she was queen of the (D)land
And her (G)hair hung over her (Emin)shoulder
Tied (C)up with a (D)Black
Velvet (G)Band
Well I went out
strolling one evening not meaning to go very far
When I met with a fickle-some damsel she was plying her trade in a bar
When a watch she took from a cutomer and slipped it right into me hand
And the law it came and arrested me bad luck to your Black Velvet Band
Her eyes they shown
like the diamonds
You'd think she
was queen of the land
And her hair hung
over her shoulder
Tied up with a Black
Velvet Band
This mornin' before
judge and jury a trial I had to appear
And the judge he says "me young fellow" the case against you
is quite clear
And seven long years is your sentence you're going to Van Daemons Land
Far away from your friends and relations and follow the Black Velvet
Band
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds
You'd think she
was queen of the land
And her hair hung
over her shoulder
Tied up with a Black
Velvet Band
So come all ye
jolly young fellows I'll have you take warnin' from me
Whenever you're into the liquor me lads beware of the pretty colleen
For they'll fill you with whiskey and porter till you are not able to
stand
And the very next thing that you know me lads you've landed in Van Daemon's
Land.
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds
You'd think she
was queen of the land
And her hair hung
over her shoulder
Tied up with a Black
Velvet Band
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