- In a neat little town they call Belfast
Apprentice to trade I was bound
And a great many years of sweet happiness
I spent in that neat little town
Her eyes they shone like diamonds,
You'd think she was queen of the land
And her hair it hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band
- A bad misfortune came over me
Which caused me to stray from the land
Far away from me friends and relations
Betrayed by the black velvet band
Chorus
- I took a stroll down broadway,
Not intending to stay very long
And who should I meet but a pretty fair maid
Come a traipsin’ along the highway
Chorus
- She was both fair and handsome
Her neck it was just like a swan
And her hair it hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band
Chorus
- I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid ,
And a gentleman passing us by
I knew she meant a doin’ for him
By the look in her roguish black eye
Chorus
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- A gold watch she took from his pocket
And placed it right into my hand
And the very next thing that I said was
Bad luck to the black velvet band
Chorus
- Before the judge and the jury
Next morning I had to appear
The judge he said to me, me boy
The case against you’s proven clear
Chorus
- We’ll give you seven years penal servitude
To be spent far away from this land
Far away ftom your ftiends and relations
Betrayed by the black velvet band
Chorus
- So come all ye jolly young fellows
I'll have you take warnin' by me
When you are out on the liquor, me boys
Beware of the pretty coleen
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- They'll fill you up with strong drink, me boys
Till you are unable to stand
And the very next thing you know is
You've landed in Van Diemans land Chorus
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