Black Velver Band-The Blackwater Boys

[ti:Black Velver Band] [ar:The Blackwater Boys] [al:Irish Pub Songs Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Black Velver Band - The Blackwater Boys [00:01.60]In a neat little town they called belfast [00:04.41] [00:05.33]Apprentice to trade I was bound [00:07.85] [00:09.10]And it's many is hour sweet happiness [00:12.50] [00:13.32]I spent in that neat little town [00:15.78] [00:17.27]Telling sad misfortune came over me [00:21.15]Which caused me to stray from the land [00:24.06] [00:25.03]Far away from me friends and relations [00:29.22]Betrayed by the black velvet band [00:31.68] [00:33.23]Her eyes they shown like diamonds [00:36.33] [00:37.16]I thought her the queen of the land [00:40.12] [00:40.99]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [00:45.10]Tied up with a black velvet band [00:47.98] [00:53.11]I took a walk up broadway [00:56.34] [00:57.33]Meaning not long for to stay [00:59.81] [01:00.99]When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid [01:04.74]Come a traipsing along the highway [01:07.90] [01:08.66]She was both fair and handsome [01:12.13] [01:12.71]Her neck it was just like a swan [01:15.46] [01:16.34]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:20.50]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:23.70] [01:24.44]Her eyes they shown like diamonds [01:27.81] [01:28.46]I thought her the queen of the land [01:31.21] [01:32.29]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:36.43]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:39.27] [01:44.55]I took a walk with this pretty fair maid [01:48.26]And a gentleman passing us by [01:50.75] [01:52.10]Well I knew that she meant the doing of him [01:56.07]By the look in her roguish black eye [01:59.26] [02:00.07]A gold watch she took from his pocket [02:02.61] [02:03.93]And placed it right into my hand [02:06.45] [02:07.62]And the very next thing that I said was [02:11.72]Bad access to the black velvet band [02:14.36] [02:15.84]Her eyes they shown like diamonds [02:19.07] [02:19.74]I thought her the queen of the land [02:22.86] [02:23.65]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [02:27.13] [02:27.77]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:30.60] [02:35.88]Before the judge and the jury [02:38.47] [02:39.59]Next morning I had to appear [02:42.32] [02:43.37]And the judge he says to me [02:46.38]Young man you're case it is proven quite clear [02:50.32] [02:51.26]Oh you give seven years penal servitude [02:55.02] [02:55.55]To be spent often from the even land [02:58.35] [02:59.21]Far away from your friends and relations [03:03.54]Betrayed by the black velvet band [03:06.66] [03:07.50]Her eyes they shown like diamonds [03:10.84] [03:11.50]I thought her the queen of the land [03:14.63] [03:15.52]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:19.63]Tied up with a black velvet band [03:22.68] [03:23.52]Her eyes they shown like diamonds [03:26.89] [03:27.69]I thought her the queen of the land [03:30.74] [03:31.34]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:35.01] [03:35.59]Tied up with a black velvet band