verse 1:
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In a neat little town they call Belfast apprenticed to trade I was bound
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Many an hour of sweet happiness have I spent in that neat little town
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A sad misfortune came over me, which caused me to stray from the land
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Far away from my friends and relations me betrayed by the Black Velvet Band
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Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
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And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band
verse 2:
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I took a stroll down Broadway, meaning not long for to stay
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When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid, come a-trampsing along the highway
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She was both fair and handsome, her neck it was just like a swan
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with the Black Velvet Band
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Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
G Em C D G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band
verse 3:
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I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman passing us by
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I knew what she meant to do with him, by the look in her roguish black eye
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A gold watch she took from his pocket, and placed it right into my hand
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And the very next thing that I knew was, I’d landed in Van Daemon’s Land
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Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
G Em C D G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band
verse 4:
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Before the judge and the jury, next morning I had to appear
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And the judge he says to me "young man, your case it has proven clear"
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We’ll give seven years penal servitude, to be spent far away from the land
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Far away from your friends and companions betrayed by the Black Velvet Band
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Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
G Em C D G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band
VERSE 5:
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So come all you jolly young fellows, a warning take by me
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When you are out on the town, me boys, beware of the pretty colleen
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For they'll feed you with strong drink, mar yeah!, till you unable to stand
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And the very next thing that you know is, you've landed in Van Daemon's Land
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Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
G Em C D G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band