Black Velvet Band (In the Style of "The Dubliners") [Karaoke Demonstration with Lead Vocal]

In a neat little town they call belfast

Apprentice to trade I was bound

And many an hours sweet happiness

Have I spent in that neat little town

A sad misfortune came over me

Which caused me to stray from the land

Far away from my friends and relations

Betrayed by the black velvet band

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

I took a stroll down broadway meaning not long for to stay

When who should I meet

But this pretty fair maid comes a tripping along the highway

She was both fair and handsome

Her neck it was just like a swans

And her hair it hung over her shoulder

Tied up with a black velvet band

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

I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid

And a gentleman passing us by

Well I knew she meant the doing of him

By the look in her roguish black eye

A goldwatch she took from his pocket

And placed it right in to my hand

And the very first thing that

I said was bad luck to the black velvet band

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

Before the judge and the jury next morning I had to appear

The judge he says to me

Young man your case it is proven clear

We'll give you seven years penal servitude

To be spent faraway from the land

Far away from your friends and companions

Betrayed by the black velvet band

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

So come all you jolly young fellows a warning take by me

When you are out on the town me lads

Beware of them pretty colleens

They feed you with strong drink my lise

'Til you are unable to stand and the very next thing

That you'll know is you've landed in van diemens land

Her eyes they shone like diamonds

Her the queen of the land and her hair it hung over her shoulder

Tied up with a black velvet band