
Date of issue: 31.12.2003
Record label: EMI Recorded Music Australia
Song language: English
The Black Velvet Band |
In a neat little town they call Belfast |
Apprentice to trade I was bound |
And many an hour of sweet happiness |
Have I spent in that neat little town |
I took a stroll down Broadway |
Meaning not long for to stay |
When who should I meet but a pretty fair maid |
Coming along the pathway |
Her eyes they shone like diamonds |
I thought her the pride of the land |
Her hair, it hung down in long tresses |
Tied up with the black velvet band |
I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid |
And a gentleman passing us by |
I could see that she meant a doing of him |
By the look in her lovely black eyes |
His watch she took from his pocket |
And slyly placed it in my hand |
I was taken in charge by a copper |
Bad luck from the black velvet band |
Her eyes they shone like diamonds |
I thought her the pride of the land |
Her hair, it hung down in long tresses |
Tied up with the black velvet band |
Before the Lord Mayor I was taken |
«Your case, Sir, I plainly can see |
And if I’m not greatly mistaken |
You’re bound far over the sea» |
It’s over the dark and blue ocean |
Far away to Van Diemens Land |
Far away from my friends and relations |
Betrayed by the black velvet band |
Her eyes they shone like diamonds |
I thought her the pride of the land |
Her hair, it hung down in long tresses |
Tied up with the black velvet band |
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