Black Velvet Band:The Irish Rovers.
Album - The Irish Rovers In Australia - 1976.
[Chorus]
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds.
You d think she was Queen of the Land.
And her hair hung over her shoulder,
tied up with a Black Velvet Band.
#1.
In a neat little town they call Belfast,
apprenticed to trade I was bound.
And many an hour of sweet happiness,
I spent in that neat little town..
Till bad misfortune came over me and caused me
to stray from the land.
Far away from me friends and rela..ions I
followed the Black Velvet Band.
[Chorus]
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds.
You d think she was Queen of the Land.
And her hair hung over her shoulder,
tied up with a Black Velvet Band.
#2.
Well, I went out strolling one evening, not
meaning to go very far..
When I met with a ficklesome dam..sel, she was
plying her trade in the bar.
When a watch she took from a customer, and
slipped it right into me hand..
And the law came and put me in pris..on, bad
luck to her Black Velvet Band.
[Chorus]
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds.
You d think she was Queen of the Land.
And her hair hung over her shoulder,
tied up with a Black Velvet Band.
#3.
This mornin before judge and jury, for a trial,
I had to ap..pear.
And the judge he says, Me young fellow, the
case against you is quite clear.
And seven long years is your sentence, you re
going to Van Daemons Land.
Far away from your friends and relat..ions and
follow the Black Velvet Band.
[Chorus]
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds.
You d think she was Queen of the Land.
And her hair hung over her shoulder,
tied up with a Black Velvet Band.
#4.
So, come all ye jolly young fellows, I ll have you
take warnin from me.
When..ever you re into the liquor, me lads,
beware of the pretty Colleen.
For they ll fill you with whiskey and porter, till you
are not able to stand.
And the very next thing that you know, me lads, you ve
landed in Van Daemon s Land.
[Chorus]
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds.
You d think she was Queen of the Land.
And her hair hung over her shoulder,
tied up with a Black Velvet Band.
[Outro]
[Chorus]
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds.
You d think she was Queen of the Land.
And her hair hung over her shoulder,
tied up with a Black Velvet Band.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.