The Black Velvet Band-Ewan MacColl

[ti:The Black Velvet Band] [ar:Ewan MacColl] [al:The Folk Collection, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Black Velvet Band - Ewan MacColl [00:05.48]In a neat little town they call Belfast [00:09.77]Apprenticed to trade I was bound [00:12.57] [00:13.48]An many an hours sweet happiness [00:17.44]Have I spent in that neat little town [00:20.91] [00:21.55]A bad misfortune came over me [00:25.75]And caused me to stray from the land [00:28.66] [00:29.54]Far away from my friends and relations [00:32.81] [00:33.58]Betrayed by the black velvet band [00:36.56] [00:37.56]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [00:40.78] [00:41.54]I thought her the queen of the land [00:44.66] [00:45.24]And hair it hung over her shoulder [00:48.87] [00:49.42]Tied up with a black velvet band [00:52.61] [01:07.90]I took a stroll down Broadway [01:12.21]Meaning not long for to stay [01:15.66]When who should I see but this pretty fair maid [01:19.57]Come a trapsing along the highway [01:23.23]She was both fair and handsome [01:27.17]Her neck it was just like a swans [01:30.41] [01:30.97]And hair it hung over her shoulder [01:34.24] [01:34.75]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:37.91] [01:38.63]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid [01:42.58]And a gentleman passing us by [01:45.72] [01:46.31]I knew she meant the UN doing of him [01:49.57]By the look in her roguish black eye [01:54.10]This watch she took from his pocket [01:57.86]And slipped it right in to my hand [02:01.03] [02:01.69]And the very next thing that I said was [02:05.71]Bad luck to the black velvet band [02:08.57] [02:09.25]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [02:12.68] [02:13.19]I thought her the queen of the land [02:16.46] [02:17.02]And hair it hung over her shoulder [02:21.03]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:24.04] [02:39.05]Before the Judge and the Jury [02:42.68]Next morning I had to appear [02:46.33]The Judge he says to her [02:49.23]Young man your case it is proven clear [02:53.77]We'll give you seven years penal servitude [02:57.19]To be spent faraway from the land [03:00.54] [03:01.18]Far away from your friends and companions [03:04.98]Betrayed by the black velvet band [03:07.88] [03:08.60]So come all you jolly young fellows [03:12.40]A loving take warning by me [03:15.42] [03:16.53]When you are out on the me lads [03:18.60] [03:19.12]Because beware of your pretty colleens [03:22.93] [03:23.52]That treed you do strong drink may boys [03:27.22]'Til you are unable to stand [03:30.07] [03:30.77]And before you have judge to leave than by land [03:35.26]In you by diamonds land [03:37.62] [03:38.34]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [03:42.31]I thought her the queen of the land [03:45.32] [03:46.08]And hair it hung over her shoulder [03:49.15] [03:49.74]Tied up with a black velvet band