Black Velvet Band<br>
Black Velvet Band<br>
Traditional<br>
One verse<br>
and chorus<br>
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Black Velvet Band is performed by Axel the Sot<br>
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Notes: Extra verses appear at the bottom, taken from a similar<br>
version of this song found elsewhere.Sheet music<br>
Well, I was out strolling one evening<br>
Not intending to stay very long<br>
When I met with a frolicsome damsel<br>
As She came a trippin along<br>
Chorus<br>
Her eyes they shone like the diamond<br>
You'd think she was queen of the land<br>
And her hair hung over her shoulder<br>
Tied up in a black velvet band<br>
Well a watch, she pulled out her pocket<br>
And slipped it right into my hand<br>
On the very first day that I met her,<br>
Bad luck to the black velvet band<br>
Chorus...<br>
Before judge and jury next morning<br>
Both of us did appear<br>
A gentleman claimed his jewelry<br>
And the case against us was clear.<br>
Chorus...<br>
Now seven long years transportation<br>
Right down to Van Dieman's Land<br>
Far away from my friends and companions<br>
To follow the black velvet band<br>
Chorus...<br>
Optional extra verses:<br>
First verses:<br>
In a neat little town they call Belfast<br>
Apprenticed in trade I was bound<br>
And many an hour of sweet happiness<br>
I spent in that neat little town.<br>
Then bad misfortune befell me<br>
And caused me to stray from the land<br>
Far away from my friends and companions<br>
To follow the black velvet band.<br>
End verses:<br>
So come all you jolly young fellows<br>
I'd have you take warning by me<br>
And whenever you're out on the liquor<br>
Beware of the pretty colleen<br>
They'll fill you with whiskey and porter<br>
Until You're not able to stand<br>
And the very next thing that you know<br>
You're landed in Van Dieman's Land<br>
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