The Black Velvet Band-The High Kings

[00:00.274]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [00:03.487]I thought her the queen of the land [00:07.249]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [00:11.141]Tied up with a black velvet band [00:20.650]In a neat little town they call Belfast [00:23.889]Apprenticed to trade I was bound [00:27.311]Many an hours sweet happiness [00:31.935]Have I spent in that neat little town [00:35.461]A sad misfortune came over me [00:39.301]Which caused me to stray from the land [00:42.593]Far away from my friends and relations [00:46.955]Betrayed by the black velvet band [00:50.978]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [00:54.400]I thought her the queen of the land [00:57.822]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:02.184]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:11.980]I took a stroll down Broadway [01:15.664]Meaning not long for to stay [01:19.582]When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid [01:23.187]Come a trapsing along the highway [01:26.322]She was both fair and handsome [01:30.162]Her neck it was just like a swans [01:33.819]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:38.181]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:42.335]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [01:45.548]I thought her the queen of the land [01:48.944]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:53.358]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:02.945]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid [02:06.916]And a gentleman passing us by [02:09.972]Oh I knew she meant the un-doing of him [02:14.178]By the look in her roguish black eye [02:17.469]A gold watch she took from his pocket [02:21.492]And slipped it right in to my hand [02:25.620]And the very first thing that I said was [02:29.172]Bad 'cess to the black velvet band [02:33.117]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [02:36.539]I thought her the queen of the land [02:40.274]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [02:44.219]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:48.346]Seven long years penal servitude [02:52.212]I spent down in Van Diemen's Land [02:55.713]Far away from my friends and relations [02:59.474]Betrayed by the black velvet band [03:03.445]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [03:07.180]I thought her the queen of the land [03:10.890]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:14.782]Tied up with a black velvet band [03:18.831]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [03:22.384]I thought her the queen of the land [03:26.224]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:29.802]Tied up with a black velvet band