The Dubliners - The Black Velvet Band - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

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Song lyrics:

IN A NEAT LITTLE TOWN
THEY CALL BELFAST
NOW APPRENTICE TO TRADE
I WAS BOUND

AND IT'S MANY'S AN HOUR
OF SWEET HAPPINESS
HAVE I SPENT IN THAT
NEAT LITTLE TOWN

'TIL A SADLY MISFORTUNE
CAME OVER ME
WHICH CAUSED ME
TO STRAY FROM THE LAND

FAR AWAY FROM
ME FRIENDS AND RELATIONS
BETRAYED BY
THE BLACK VELVET BAND

HER EYES THEY SHONE
LIKE DIAMONDS
I THOUGHT HER
THE QUEEN OF THE LAND

AND HER HAIR IT HUNG
OVER HER SHOULDER
TIED UP WITH
A BLACK VELVET BAND

I TOOK A STROLL WITH
THIS PRETTY FAIR MAID
AND A GENTLEMAN
PASSING US BY

I KNEW SHE MEANT
THE UNDOING OF ME
BY THE LOOK IN HER
ROGUISH BLACK EYE

A GOLDWATCH
SHE TOOK FROM HIS POCKET
AND SHE PLACED IT
RIGHT INTO ME HAND

AND THE VERY FIRST THING
THAT I THOUGHT WAS
BAD LUCK TO
THE BLACK VELVET BAND

HER EYES THEY SHONE
LIKE DIAMONDS
I THOUGHT HER
THE QUEEN OF THE LAND

AND HER HAIR IT HUNG
OVER HER SHOULDER
TIED UP WITH
A BLACK VELVET BAND

NOW BEFORE
A JUDGE AND A JURY
NEXT MORNING
I HAD TO APPEAR

WELL, THE JUDGE
HE SAID TO ME
YOUNG MAN
YOUR CASE IT IS
PROVEN CLEAR

WE'LL GIVE YOU SEVEN YEARS
PENAL SERVITUDE
TO BE SPENT
FAR AWAY FROM THE LAND

FAR AWAY FROM YOUR
FRIENDS AND RELATIONS
BETRAYED BY
THE BLACK VELVET BAND

HER EYES THEY SHONE
LIKE DIAMONDS
I THOUGHT HER
THE QUEEN OF THE LAND

AND HER HAIR IT HUNG
OVER HER SHOULDER
TIED UP WITH
A BLACK VELVET BAND

SO, COME ALL
YOU JOLLY YOUNG FELLOWS
AND A WARNING TAKE BY ME

WELL, WHEN YOU ARE OUT
ON THE TOWN, ME LADS
BEWARE OF THEM
PRETTY COLLEENS

FOR THEY'LL FEED YOU
WITH STRONG ALE, "MA YAH"
UNTIL YOU ARE
UNABLE TO STAND

AND THE VERY FIRST THING
THAT YOU'LL KNOW, ME LADS
IS YOU'VE LANDED
IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND

HER EYES THEY SHONE
LIKE DIAMONDS
I THOUGHT HER
THE QUEEN OF THE LAND

AND HER HAIR IT HUNG
OVER HER SHOULDER
TIED UP WITH
A BLACK VELVET BAND...