[00:07.84]In a neat little town they call Belfast,
[00:10.45]
[00:12.23]apprentice to trade I was bound
[00:15.01]
[00:16.46]Many an hours sweet happiness,
[00:19.57]
[00:20.25]have I spent in that neat little town
[00:23.57]
[00:25.23]A sad misfortune came over me,
[00:29.00]
[00:29.68]which caused me to stray from the land
[00:32.46]
[00:33.84]Far away from me friends and relations,
[00:36.54]
[00:38.36]betrayed by the black velvet band
[00:40.98]
[00:42.63]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[00:45.74]
[00:47.00]I thought her the queen of the land
[00:49.86]
[00:51.18]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[00:54.13]
[00:55.66]Tied up with a black velvet band
[00:58.35]
[00:59.78]I took a stroll down Broadway,
[01:02.91]
[01:04.75]meaning not long for to stay
[01:07.18]
[01:08.48]When who should I meet but this pretty fair
[01:12.30]maid comes a trapsing along the highway
[01:15.42]
[01:17.16]She was both fair and handsome,
[01:20.16]
[01:21.54]her neck it was just like a swan
[01:24.51]
[01:25.54]And her hair it hung over her shoulder,
[01:28.70]
[01:30.21]tied up with a black velvet band
[01:32.80]
[01:34.95]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[01:37.37]
[01:38.80]I thought her the queen of the land
[01:41.60]
[01:42.78]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[01:45.77]
[01:47.44]Tied up with a black velvet band
[01:50.15]
[01:51.72]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid,
[01:56.06]and a gentleman passing us by
[01:58.68]
[02:00.08]Well I knew she meant the doing of him,
[02:04.66]by the look in her roguish black eye
[02:07.39]
[02:08.76]A goldwatch she took from his pocket
[02:11.76]
[02:13.24]and placed it right in to my hand
[02:16.12]
[02:17.49]And the very first thing that I said
[02:20.36]
[02:21.13]was bad `cess to the black velvet band
[02:24.16]
[02:26.10]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[02:28.97]
[02:30.42]I thought her the queen of the land
[02:33.09]
[02:34.24]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[02:37.45]
[02:38.86]Tied up with a black velvet band
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[02:43.19]Before the judge and the jury,
[02:45.89]
[02:47.27]next morning I had to appear
[02:49.95]
[02:51.49]The judge he says to me:
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[02:54.87]Young man, your case it is proven clear
[02:58.46]
[02:59.91]We'll give you seven years penal servitude,
[03:02.97]
[03:04.38]to be spent faraway from the land
[03:07.08]
[03:08.28]Far away from your friends and relations,
[03:12.07]
[03:12.93]betrayed by the black velvet band
[03:15.66]
[03:17.09]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[03:20.11]
[03:21.41]I thought her the queen of the land
[03:24.28]
[03:25.53]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[03:28.36]
[03:30.09]Tied up with a black velvet band
[03:32.78]
[03:34.06]So come all you jolly young
[03:37.02]fellows a warning take by me
[03:41.30]
[03:42.62]When you are out on the town me lads,
[03:47.02]beware of them pretty colleens
[03:49.43]
[03:51.24]For they feed you with strong drink,
[03:54.58]me lads, 'til you are unable to stand
[03:58.32]
[03:59.83]And the very first thing that you'll know
[04:02.82]
[04:03.43]is you've landed in Van Diemens Land
[04:07.66]
[04:08.40]Her eyes they shone like diamonds
[04:11.26]
[04:12.70]I thought her the queen of the land
[04:15.86]
[04:16.61]And her hair it hung over her shoulder
[04:19.51]
[04:21.10]Tied up with a black velvet band