The Black Velvet Band Lyrics - The High Kings - The High Kings

In a neat little town they call Belfast 

Apprenticed to trade I was bound 

Oh many an hour's sweet happiness 

Have I spent in that neat little town 

But a sad misfortune came over me 

Which caused me to stray from the land 

Far away from my friends and relations 

Betrayed by the black velvet band 

Chorus (after each verse): 

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 

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I took a stroll down Broadway 

Oh meaning not long for to stay 

When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid 

Come a-traipsing along the highway 

She was both fair and handsome 

Her neck, it was just like a swan's 

And her hair, it hung over her shoulder 

Tied up with a black velvet band 

(Chorus) 

So I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid 

And a gentleman, passing us by 

Oh I knew that she meant the undoing of him 

By the look in her roguish black eye 

A gold watch she took from his pocket 

And slipped it right into my hand 

And the very first thing that I said was 

"Bad cess to the black velvet band" 

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(Chorus) 

Seven long years' penal servitude 

I spent down in Van Dieman's Land 

Far away from my friends and relations 

Betrayed by the black velvet band 

(Chorus 2x) 

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