Black Velvet Band-The Dubliners

[ti:Black Velvet Band] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:A Drop Of The Hard Stuff] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]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] [01:30.20]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:32.79] [01:34.94]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [01:37.36] [01:38.79]I thought her the queen of the land [01:41.59] [01:42.77]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:45.76] [01:47.43]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:50.14] [01:51.71]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid [01:56.05]And a gentleman passing us by [01:58.67] [02:00.07]Well I knew she meant the doing of him [02:04.65]By the look in her roguish black eye [02:07.38] [02:08.75]A goldwatch she took from his pocket [02:11.75] [02:13.23]And placed it right in to my hand [02:16.11] [02:17.48]And the very first thing that I said [02:20.35] [02:21.12]Was bad `cess to the black velvet band [02:24.15] [02:26.09]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [02:28.96] [02:30.41]I thought her the queen of the land [02:33.08] [02:34.23]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [02:37.44] [02:38.85]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:41.56] [02:43.18]Before the judge and the jury [02:45.88] [02:47.26]Next morning I had to appear [02:49.94] [02:51.48]The judge he says to me: [02:54.19] [02:54.86]Young man your case it is proven clear [02:58.45] [02:59.90]We'll give you seven years penal servitude [03:02.96] [03:04.37]To be spent faraway from the land [03:07.07] [03:08.27]Far away from your friends and relations [03:12.06] [03:12.92]Betrayed by the black velvet band [03:15.65] [03:17.08]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [03:20.10] [03:21.40]I thought her the queen of the land [03:24.27] [03:25.52]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:28.35] [03:30.08]Tied up with a black velvet band [03:32.77] [03:34.05]So come all you jolly young [03:37.01]Fellows a warning take by me [03:41.29] [03:42.61]When you are out on the town me lads [03:47.01]Beware of them pretty colleens [03:49.42] [03:51.23]For they feed you with strong drink [03:54.57]Me lads 'til you are unable to stand [03:58.31] [03:59.82]And the very first thing that you'll know [04:02.81] [04:03.42]Is you've landed in Van Diemens Land [04:07.65] [04:08.39]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [04:11.25] [04:12.69]I thought her the queen of the land [04:15.85] [04:16.60]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [04:19.50] [04:21.09]Tied up with a black velvet band