[ti:Black Velvet Band]
[ar:Countdown Singers]
[00:00.39]Black Velvet Band - Countdown Singers
[00:01.09]In a neat little town they call belfast
[00:05.31]Apprentice to trade i was bound
[00:08.97]And the many's the hours sweet happiness
[00:13.22]I've i spent in that neat little town
[00:17.11]But a sad misfortune's come over me
[00:21.10]Which caused me to stray from the land
[00:24.73]Far away from me friends and companions
[00:29.08]Betrayed by the black velvet band
[00:33.01]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[00:37.04]I thought her the queen of the land
[00:40.69]And her hair it hair hung over her shoulder
[00:44.83]Held up with a black velvet band
[00:52.88]I took a stroll down broadway
[00:57.20]Intending not long for to stay
[01:00.77]When who should i meet but this pretty fair maid
[01:04.60]Come traipsing along the highway
[01:08.54]She was both fair and handsome
[01:12.53]Her neck it was just like a swan
[01:16.18]And her hair hung down from her shoulders
[01:20.21]Held up with a black velvet band
[01:24.35]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[01:28.32]I thought her the queen of the land
[01:32.03]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[01:36.17]Tied up with a black velvet band
[01:44.24]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid
[01:48.04]Met a gentleman as he passed by
[01:51.79]Well i knew she meant the doing of him
[01:55.97]By the look in her roguish black eye
[01:59.90]A gold watch she took from his pocket
[02:03.64]And placed it right into my hand
[02:07.48]And the very first thing that i said was
[02:11.54]What's this to the black velvet band
[02:15.70]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[02:19.64]I thought her the queen of the land
[02:23.38]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[02:27.52]Tied up with a black velvet band
[02:35.47]But before the judge and the jury
[02:39.30]Next morning i had to appear
[02:43.20]And the judge he says to me
[02:46.03]Young man your case it is proven and clear
[02:51.15]I'll give you seven years penal servitude
[02:54.45]To be spent far away from the land
[02:59.11]Far away from your friends and relation
[03:03.32]Betrayed by the black velvet band
[03:07.36]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[03:11.39]I thought her the queen of the land
[03:15.22]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[03:19.31]Tied up with a black velvet band
[03:23.53]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[03:27.33]I thought she was queen of the land
[03:31.19]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[03:35.47]Tied up with a black velvet band