The Black Velvet Band-Ewan MacColl

[ti:The Black Velvet Band] [ar:Ewan MacColl] [al:The Folk Collection, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Black Velvet Band - Ewan MacColl [00:05.41]In a neat little town they call Belfast [00:09.71]Apprenticed to trade I was bound [00:12.50] [00:13.41]An many an hours sweet happiness [00:17.37]Have I spent in that neat little town [00:20.84] [00:21.48]A bad misfortune came over me [00:25.68]And caused me to stray from the land [00:28.59] [00:29.47]Far away from my friends and relations [00:32.74] [00:33.51]Betrayed by the black velvet band [00:36.49] [00:37.49]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [00:40.72] [00:41.47]I thought her the queen of the land [00:44.59] [00:45.18]And hair it hung over her shoulder [00:48.81] [00:49.35]Tied up with a black velvet band [00:52.55] [01:07.83]I took a stroll down Broadway [01:12.14]Meaning not long for to stay [01:15.59]When who should I see but this pretty fair maid [01:19.51]Come a trapsing along the highway [01:23.16]She was both fair and handsome [01:27.10]Her neck it was just like a swans [01:30.34] [01:30.90]And hair it hung over her shoulder [01:34.18] [01:34.68]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:37.85] [01:38.57]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid [01:42.51]And a gentleman passing us by [01:45.65] [01:46.24]I knew she meant the UN doing of him [01:49.50]By the look in her roguish black eye [01:54.03]This watch she took from his pocket [01:57.80]And slipped it right in to my hand [02:00.96] [02:01.62]And the very next thing that I said was [02:05.65]Bad luck to the black velvet band [02:08.50] [02:09.19]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [02:12.62] [02:13.12]I thought her the queen of the land [02:16.39] [02:16.96]And hair it hung over her shoulder [02:20.96]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:23.97] [02:38.98]Before the Judge and the Jury [02:42.61]Next morning I had to appear [02:46.27]The Judge he says to her [02:49.16]Young man your case it is proven clear [02:53.71]We'll give you seven years penal servitude [02:57.12]To be spent faraway from the land [03:00.47] [03:01.11]Far away from your friends and companions [03:04.91]Betrayed by the black velvet band [03:07.81] [03:08.54]So come all you jolly young fellows [03:12.33]A loving take warning by me [03:15.35] [03:16.47]When you are out on the me lads [03:18.54] [03:19.05]Because beware of your pretty colleens [03:22.86] [03:23.45]That treed you do strong drink may boys [03:27.15]'Til you are unable to stand [03:30.00] [03:30.71]And before you have judge to leave than by land [03:35.19]In you by diamonds land [03:37.55] [03:38.27]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [03:42.24]I thought her the queen of the land [03:45.25] [03:46.01]And hair it hung over her shoulder [03:49.08] [03:49.68]Tied up with a black velvet band