Black Velvet Band-The Dubliners

[ti:Black Velvet Band] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:A Drop Of The Hard Stuff] [offset:0] [00:00.76]Black Velvet Band - The Dubliners [00:07.84]In a neat little town they call Belfast, [00:10.45] [00:12.23]Apprentice to trade I was bound [00:15.01] [00:16.46]Many an hours sweet happiness, [00:19.57] [00:20.25]Have I spent in that neat little town [00:23.57] [00:25.23]A sad misfortune came over me, [00:29.00] [00:29.68]Which caused me to stray from the land [00:32.46] [00:33.84]Far away from me friends and relations, [00:36.54] [00:38.36]Betrayed by the black velvet band [00:40.98] [00:42.63]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [00:45.74] [00:47.00]I thought her the queen of the land [00:49.86] [00:51.18]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [00:54.13] [00:55.66]Tied up with a black velvet band [00:58.35] [00:59.78]I took a stroll down Broadway, [01:02.91] [01:04.75]Meaning not long for to stay [01:07.18] [01:08.48]When who should I meet but this pretty fair [01:12.30]Maid comes a trapsing along the highway [01:15.42] [01:17.16]She was both fair and handsome, [01:20.16] [01:21.54]Her neck it was just like a swan [01:24.51] [01:25.54]And her hair it hung over her shoulder, [01:28.70] [01:30.21]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:32.80] [01:34.95]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [01:37.37] [01:38.80]I thought her the queen of the land [01:41.60] [01:42.78]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:45.77] [01:47.44]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:50.15] [01:51.72]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, [01:56.06]And a gentleman passing us by [01:58.68] [02:00.08]Well I knew she meant the doing of him, [02:04.66]By the look in her roguish black eye [02:07.39] [02:08.76]A goldwatch she took from his pocket [02:11.76] [02:13.24]And placed it right in to my hand [02:16.12] [02:17.49]And the very first thing that I said [02:20.36] [02:21.13]Was bad `cess to the black velvet band [02:24.16] [02:26.10]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [02:28.97] [02:30.42]I thought her the queen of the land [02:33.09] [02:34.24]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [02:37.45] [02:38.86]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:41.57] [02:43.19]Before the judge and the jury, [02:45.89] [02:47.27]Next morning I had to appear [02:49.95] [02:51.49]The judge he says to me: [02:54.20] [02:54.87]Young man, your case it is proven clear [02:58.46] [02:59.91]We'll give you seven years penal servitude, [03:02.97] [03:04.38]To be spent faraway from the land [03:07.08] [03:08.28]Far away from your friends and relations, [03:12.07] [03:12.93]Betrayed by the black velvet band [03:15.66] [03:17.09]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [03:20.11] [03:21.41]I thought her the queen of the land [03:24.28] [03:25.53]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:28.36] [03:30.09]Tied up with a black velvet band [03:32.78] [03:34.06]So come all you jolly young [03:37.02]Fellows a warning take by me [03:41.30] [03:42.62]When you are out on the town me lads, [03:47.02]Beware of them pretty colleens [03:49.43] [03:51.24]For they feed you with strong drink, [03:54.58]Me lads, 'til you are unable to stand [03:58.32] [03:59.83]And the very first thing that you'll know [04:02.82] [04:03.43]Is you've landed in Van Diemens Land [04:07.66] [04:08.40]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [04:11.26] [04:12.70]I thought her the queen of the land [04:15.86] [04:16.61]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [04:19.51] [04:21.10]Tied up with a black velvet band