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In a neat little town they call Belfast, |
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apprentice to trade I was bound |
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Many an hours sweet happiness, |
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have I spent in that neat little town |
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A sad misfortune came over me, |
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which caused me to stray from the land |
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Far away from me friends and relations, |
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betrayed by the black velvet band |
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds |
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I thought her the queen of the land |
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder |
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Tied up with a black velvet band |
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I took a stroll down Broadway, |
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meaning not long for to stay |
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When who should I meet but this pretty fair |
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maid comes a trapsing along the highway |
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She was both fair and handsome, |
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her neck it was just like a swan |
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder, |
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tied up with a black velvet band |
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds |
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I thought her the queen of the land |
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder |
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Tied up with a black velvet band |
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I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, |
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and a gentleman passing us by |
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Well I knew she meant the doing of him, |
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by the look in her roguish black eye |
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A goldwatch she took from his pocket |
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and placed it right in to my hand |
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And the very first thing that I said |
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was bad `cess to the black velvet band |
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds |
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I thought her the queen of the land |
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder |
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Tied up with a black velvet band |
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Before the judge and the jury, |
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next morning I had to appear |
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The judge he says to me: |
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Young man, your case it is proven clear |
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We'll give you seven years penal servitude, |
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to be spent faraway from the land |
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Far away from your friends and relations, |
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betrayed by the black velvet band |
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds |
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I thought her the queen of the land |
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder |
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Tied up with a black velvet band |
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So come all you jolly young |
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fellows a warning take by me |
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When you are out on the town me lads, |
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beware of them pretty colleens |
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For they feed you with strong drink, |
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me lads, 'til you are unable to stand |
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And the very first thing that you'll know |
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is you've landed in Van Diemens Land |
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds |
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I thought her the queen of the land |
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And her hair it hung over her shoulder |
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Tied up with a black velvet band |