Tonart: G major
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
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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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And the many's the hours
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I've I spent in that neat little town
Verse 2
come over me
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Which caused me to stray from the land
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Far away from me friends and
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Betrayed by the black velvet band
Verse 3
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds
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I thought her the queen of the land
Em
it hair hung over her shoulder
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D
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Held up with a black velvet band
Verse 4
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I took a stroll down Broadway
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Intending not long for to stay
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When who should I meet but
Em
this pretty fair maid
Come traipsing along the highway
Verse 5
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She was both fair and handsome
Her neck it was white like a swan
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And her hair, hung down from
her shoulders
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Held up with a black velvet band
Verse 6
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds I thought
her the queen of the land
And her hair, it hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band
Verse 7
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I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid Met a gentleman
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D
Em
sure, I knew she meant the doing of him
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D
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By the look in her roguish black eye
Verse 8
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A gold watch she took from his pocket
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And placed it right into my hand
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And the very first thing
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Em
that I said was
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D
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"What's this?" to the black velvet band
Verse 9
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds
D
I thought her the queen of the land
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Em
And her hair, it hung over her shoulder
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D
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Tied up with a black velvet band
Interlude 1
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Verse 10
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But before the Judge and the Jury
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Next morning I had to appear
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Em
And the judge he says to me
"Young man,
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your case it is proven and clear
Verse 11
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I'll give you seven years penal servitude
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To be spent far away from the land
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Far away from your friends an
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Em
d companions"
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D
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Betrayed by the black velvet band
Verse 12
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds
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D
I thought her the queen of the land
D
Em
it hung over her shoulder
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D
G
Tied up with a black velvet band
Verse 13
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So come all you jolly young fellows
A warning take from me
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and if you go out on the town,
me boys,
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Beware of the pretty Colleens
Em
They'll feed you with
Verse 14
strong drink,
my lads,
C
'Til you are unable to stand
And the very first thing
that you'll know is
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You've landed in Van Dieman's Land
Verse 15
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds
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D
I thought she was queen of the land
Now I'm far away from my friends
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betrayed by the black velvet band
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