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	  THE BLACK VELVET BAND 

     G 
In a neat little town they call Belfast 
                               D 
And apprentice to trade I was found 
     G                       Em 
And many’s the long day of happiness 
   Am            D           G 
I spent in that dear little town 
        G 
Till a sudden misfortune came over me 
                                   D 
Which caused me to stray from the land 
      G                         Em 
Far away from my friends and relations 
     Am          D          G 
To follow the black velvet band 



     G                        
Her eyes they shone like diamonds 
                   C            D 
I thought she was queen of the land 
          G                    Em 
With her hair flung over her shoulder 
     Am         D            G 
Tied up with a black velvet band 

     G 
As I was walking down Broadway 
                            D 
Not intending to stay very long 
   G                     Em   
I met with a frolicsome damsel 
   Am         D         G  
As she came tripping along 





    

   G                                     
A watch she took out of her pocket 
            C                 D 
And slipped it right into my hand 
       G                         Em  
And on the very first day that I met her 
     Am          D            G 
Bad luck to her black velvet band 





     G                        
Her eyes they shone like diamonds 
                   C            D 
I thought she was queen of the land 
          G                    Em 
With her hair flung over her shoulder 
     Am         D            G 
Tied up with a black velvet band 


    G   
Before judge and jury next morning 
    C              D 
The both of us did appear 
   G                     Em 
A gentleman claimed his jewellery 
Am           D              G  
And the case against us was clear 

G 
Seven long years transportation 
   C                    D  
To be spent down in Van Diemen’s land 
    G                          Em 
Far away from my friends and relations 
Am             D               G 
Because of the black velvet band 






     G                        
Her eyes they shone like diamonds 
                   C            D 
I thought she was queen of the land 
          G                    Em 
With her hair flung over her shoulder 
     Am         D            G 
Tied up with a black velvet band