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Lyrics for Black Velvet Band by Traditional:
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| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Black Velvet Band | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 84 | | | | Lyrics: | In the neat little town they call Belfast
An apprentice to trade I was bound
And many's
the hours sweet happiness
I spent in that neat little town
'Til a sad misfortune
came over me
And caused me to stray from the land
Far away from my friends and
relations
To follow the black velvet band
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Her eyes they shone like
diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair hung over her
shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band
As I went walking down
Broadway
Meaning not long for to stay
When who should I meet but a pretty young
dame
Come trippi'n along the pathway
We took a stroll together
And a gentleman
passing us by
I knew she meant evil for him
By the look in her rougish black
eye
A gold watch she took from his pocket
And she slipped it right into my
hand
On the very first day that I met her
Bad luck to her Black Velvet
Band
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Before the Judge and the Jury
next morning we had to
appear
And the Gentleman claimed his jewellery
The case against us was then
cleared
So seven long years transportation
Right down to Van Diemen's Land
Far
away from my friends and relations
Betrayed by the Black Velvet Band
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