Текст песни Black Velvet Band - The Blarney Lads

And her hair hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band

In a neat, little town they called Belfast
Apprentice to trade, I was bound
And many's an hour's sweet happiness
Have I spent in that neat little town
'Til a sad misfortune came over 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 the diamond
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 walkin' down Broadway
Meaning not long for to stay
Well, who should I meet but this pretty, fair maid
Come a-traipsin' along the highway
She was both fair and handsome
Her neck, it was just like a swan's
And her hair hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band

Her eyes, they shone like diamond
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 the 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 hear was
I'd landed in Van Diemen's land

Her eyes, they shone like diamond
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 spent far away from the land
Far away from your friends and relations
Access to the black velvet band"

Her eyes, they shone like diamond
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