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Black Velvet Band
Traditional

Notes: Extra verses appear at the bottom, taken from a similar version of this song found elsewhere.

Sheet music

Well, I was out strolling one evening
Not intending to stay very long
When I met with a frolicsome damsel
As She came a trippin along

Chorus
Her eyes they shone like the diamond
You'd think she was queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulder
Tied up in a black velvet band

Well a watch, she pulled out her pocket
And slipped it right into my hand
On the very first day that I met her,
Bad luck to the black velvet band

Chorus...

Before judge and jury next morning
Both of us did appear
A gentleman claimed his jewelry
And the case against us was clear.

Chorus...
Now seven long years transportation
Right down to Van Dieman's Land
Far away from my friends and companions
To follow the black velvet band

Chorus...

Optional extra verses:

First verses:

In a neat little town they call Belfast
Apprenticed in trade I was bound
And many an hour of sweet happiness
I spent in that neat little town.

Then bad misfortune befell me
And caused me to stray from the land
Far away from my friends and companions
To follow the black velvet band.

End verses:

So come all you jolly young fellows
I'd have you take warning by me
And whenever you're out on the liquor
Beware of the pretty colleen

They'll fill you with whiskey and porter
Until You're not able to stand
And the very next thing that you know
You're landed in Van Dieman's Land

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