Lyrics Black Velvet Band - The Blarney Lads

And her hair hung over her shoulders
Tied up with the black velvet band
In a neat little town they call Belfast
Apprentice to trade I was bound
And many′s an hour o' sweet happiness
Have I spent in that neat little town
′Til a sad misfortune came o'er me
Which caused me to stray from the land
Far away from me friends and relations
Betrayed by a black velvet band
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band
As I was walking down broadway
Meaning not long for to stay
When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid
Come a-traipsing along the highway
She was both fair and handsome
Her neck, it was just a swan
And her hair 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 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 gold watch she took from his pocket
And placed it right into me hand
And the very next thing that I knew was
I landed in Van Dieman's land
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band
Before the judge and the jury
Next morning, I had to appear
And the judge, he says to me
"Young man, your case it is proven quite clear
We′ll give you seven years penal servitude
To be spend far away from the land
Far away from your friends and relations
Bad ′cess to the black velvet band"
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band
And her hair hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band