Black Velvet Band-The Hit Crew

[ti:Black Velvet Band] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:St. Patty's Day Music] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.52]In a neat little town they call Belfast [00:03.59] [00:04.47]Apprentice to trade I was bound [00:07.15] [00:08.05]And Many an hour sweet happiness [00:12.16]Have I spent in that neat little town [00:15.11] [00:16.22]A sad misfortune came over me [00:20.19]Which caused me to stray from the land [00:23.83]Far away from me friends and relations [00:28.16]Betrayed by the black velvet band [00:31.08] [00:32.12]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [00:35.21] [00:35.93]I thought her the queen of the land [00:39.18] [00:39.77]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [00:44.11]Tied up with a black velvet band [00:47.46] [00:52.07]I took a stroll down Broadway [00:56.46]Meaning not long for to stay [00:59.07] [00:59.89]When who should I meet but this pretty fair [01:02.98]Maid comes a trapsing along the highway [01:06.83] [01:07.60]She was both fair and handsome [01:11.20]Her neck it was just like a swan [01:14.67] [01:15.26]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:19.39]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:22.77] [01:23.47]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [01:27.30]I thought her the queen of the land [01:31.18]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:35.30]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:38.50] [01:43.36]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid [01:46.97]And a gentleman passing us by [01:50.13] [01:50.92]Well I knew she meant the doing of him [01:54.61]By the look in her roguish black eye [01:58.20] [01:59.07]A goldwatch she took from his pocket [02:02.29]And placed it right in to my hand [02:06.64]And the very first thing that I said [02:09.85]Was bad `cess to the black velvet band [02:13.78] [02:14.82]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [02:18.83]I thought her the queen of the land [02:21.97] [02:22.50]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [02:26.54]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:29.71] [02:34.68]Before the judge and the jury [02:38.40]Next morning I had to appear [02:41.77] [02:42.35]And The judge he says to me: [02:45.30]Young man your case it is proven quiet clear [02:49.80] [02:50.58]We'll give you seven years penal servitude [02:54.43]To be spent faraway from the land [02:57.50] [02:58.27]Far away from your friends and relations [03:02.53]Betrayed by the black velvet band [03:05.58] [03:06.50]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [03:10.50]I thought her the queen of the land [03:14.31]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:18.50]Tied up with a black velvet band [03:21.76] [03:22.63]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [03:26.61]I thought her the queen of the land [03:29.67] [03:30.34]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:34.51]Tied up with a black velvet band