| In a neat little town they call Belfast, apprentice to trade I was bound
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| And many an hour of sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town
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| But bad misfortune came o’er me, and caused me to stray from the land
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| Far away from me friends and relations. |
| They follow the black velvet band
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| Her eyes, they shone like the diamonds
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| You’d think she was queen of the land
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| And her hair hung over her shoulders
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| Tied up with a black velvet band
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| Well, I wnt out strolling one evening, not maning to go very far
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| When I met with a frolicksome damsel. |
| She was selling her trade in the bar
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| A watch she took from a customer, and slipped it right into my hand
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| Then the law came and put me in prison
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| Bad luck to her black velvet band!
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| Her eyes, they shone like the diamonds
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| You’d think she was queen of the land
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| And her hair hung over her shoulders
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| Tied up with a black velvet band
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| Next morning, before judge and jury, for trial I had to appear
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| Then the judge, he said «me young fellow, the case against you is quite clear
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| And seven long years is your sentence. |
| You’re going to Van Diemen’s Land
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| Far away from your friends and relations. |
| They follow the black velvet band.»
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| Her eyes, they shone like the diamonds
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| You’d think she was queen of the land
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| And her hair hung over her shoulders
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| Tied up with a black velvet band
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| Now, come all ye jolly young fellows, I’ll have you take warning by me
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| And whenever you’re out on the liquor, me lads, beware of the pretty colleens
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| For they’ll fill you with whiskey and porter, till you are not able to stand
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| And the very next thing that you know, me lads, you’ve landed in Van Diemen’s
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| Land
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| Her eyes, they shone like the diamonds
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| You’d think she was queen of the land
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| And her hair hung over her shoulders
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| Tied up with a black velvet band
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| Her eyes, they shone like the diamonds
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| You’d think she was queen of the land, —
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| And she was!
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| And her hair hung over her shoulders
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| Tied up with a black velvet band
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| Tied up with a black velvet band |