The Black Velvet Band-The Dubliners

[ti:The Black Velvet Band] [ar:The Dubliners] [al:Seven Drunken Nights] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Black Velvet Band - The Dubliners [00:07.40]In a neat little town they called Belfast [00:10.06] [00:11.95]Apprentice to trade I was bound [00:13.77] [00:15.70]And many an hour sweet happiness [00:19.04]Have I spent in that neat little town [00:21.63] [00:23.23]As sad misfortune came over me [00:26.86]Which caused me to stray from the land [00:30.77]Far away from me friends and relations [00:34.06] [00:34.63]Betrayed by the black velvet band [00:37.40] [00:38.87]Her eyes they shown like diamonds [00:41.94] [00:42.49]I thought her the queen of the land [00:45.42] [00:46.15]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [00:49.65] [00:50.17]Tied up with a black velvet band [00:53.51] [00:54.11]I took a stroll down broadway [00:57.41] [00:58.07]Meaning not long for to stay [01:00.47] [01:01.96]When who should [01:03.29]I meet but this pretty fair maid [01:06.29]Come a-traipsing along the highway [01:08.08] [01:09.57]She was both fair and handsome [01:13.56]Her neck it was just like a swan [01:17.38]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:21.30]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:24.09] [01:25.24]Her eyes they shown like diamonds [01:28.50] [01:29.09]I thought her the queen of the land [01:32.87]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:36.88]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:41.07]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid [01:44.91]And a gentleman passing us by [01:47.26] [01:48.59]Well I knew she meant the doing of him [01:52.29]By the look in her roguish black eye [01:55.98] [01:56.78]A gold watch she took from his pocket [01:59.33] [02:00.32]And placed it right into my hand [02:03.46] [02:04.24]And the very first thing that I said was [02:08.35]Bad cess to the black velvet band [02:11.50] [02:12.02]Her eyes they shown like diamonds [02:15.98]I thought her the queen of the land [02:19.73]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [02:23.86]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:26.96] [02:27.73]Before the judge and the jury [02:31.14] [02:31.68]Next morning I had to appear [02:34.83] [02:35.89]The judge he says to me [02:38.77]Young man you're case it is proven clear [02:43.85]We'll give you seven years penal servitude [02:47.50]To be spent far away from the land [02:50.54] [02:51.17]Far away from your friends and relations [02:55.21]Betrayed by the black velvet band [02:58.14] [02:59.16]Her eyes they shown like diamonds [03:02.62] [03:03.14]I thought her the queen of the land [03:06.88]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:10.62] [03:11.17]Tied up with a black velvet band