Black Velvet Band (Karaoke Demonstration With Lead Vocal - In The Style Of The Dubliners)-Channel

[00:06.45]In a neat little town they call belfast [00:10.96]Apprentice to trade I was bound [00:15.40]And many an hours sweet happiness [00:19.70]Have I spent in that neat little town [00:24.15]A sad misfortune came over me [00:28.31]Which caused me to stray from the land [00:32.79]Far away from my friends and relations [00:37.21]Betrayed by the black velvet band [00:41.43]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [00:45.83]I thought her the queen of the land [00:50.25]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [00:54.73]Tied up with a black velvet band [00:58.97]I took a stroll down broadway meaning not long for to stay [01:07.67]When who should I meet [01:09.36]But this pretty fair maid comes a tripping along the highway [01:16.36]She was both fair and handsome [01:20.83]Her neck it was just like a swans [01:25.16]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:29.57]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:33.90]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [01:38.21]I thought her the queen of the land [01:42.41]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:46.94]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:51.31]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid [01:55.63]And a gentleman passing us by [01:59.95]Well I knew she meant the doing of him [02:04.32]By the look in her roguish black eye [02:08.77]A goldwatch she took from his pocket [02:13.21]And placed it right in to my hand [02:17.40]And the very first thing that [02:19.76]I said was bad luck to the black velvet band [02:26.23]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [02:30.66]I thought her the queen of the land [02:34.97]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [02:39.38]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:43.75]Before the judge and the jury next morning I had to appear [02:52.25]The judge he says to me [02:55.82]Young man your case it is proven clear [03:01.23]We'll give you seven years penal servitude [03:05.42]To be spent faraway from the land [03:09.85]Far away from your friends and companions [03:14.32]Betrayed by the black velvet band [03:18.41]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [03:22.96]I thought her the queen of the land [03:27.41]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:31.46]Tied up with a black velvet band [03:35.95]So come all you jolly young fellows a warning take by me [03:44.76]When you are out on the town me lads [03:49.15]Beware of them pretty colleens [03:53.41]They feed you with strong drink my lise [03:57.83]Til you are unable to stand and the very next thing [04:03.95]That you'll know is you've landed in van diemens land [04:10.93]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [04:15.31]Her the queen of the land and her hair it hung over her shoulder [04:24.15]Tied up with a black velvet band [04:28.32]