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The Black Velvet Band
A good old Irish ditty that is very popular...G D
In a neat little town they call Belfast apprenticed 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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Till bad misfortune came over me and caused me to stray from the land
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Far away from me friends and relations, I followed the Black Velvet BandChorus:
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Oh, her eyes they shown 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 shoulder
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Tied up with a Black Velvet BandG D
Well I went out strolling one evening not meaning to go very far
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When I met with a fickle-some damsel she was plying her trade in a bar
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When a watch she took from a customer and slipped it right into me hand
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And the law it came and arrested me bad luck to your Black Velvet BandG D
This mornin' before judge and jury a trial I had to appear
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The judge he says "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 Daemons Land
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Far away from your friends and relations to follow the Black Velvet Band."G D
So come all ye jolly young fellows I'll have you take warnin' from me
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Whenever you're into the liquor me lads beware of the pretty colleen
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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 Daemon's Land
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