Misc Traditional – Black Velvet Band (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Received: from post-office.nevada.edu (post-office.nevada.edu [131.216.1.11]) by redrock.nevada.edu (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id QAA07795 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 13 Jan 1994 16:05:43 -0800 From: [email protected] Received: from cats.ucsc.edu (cats-po-1.UCSC.EDU [128.114.129.22]) by post-office.nevada.edu (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id QAA19441 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 13 Jan 1994 16:05:37 -0800 Received: from am.ucsc.edu by cats.ucsc.edu with SMTP id QAA21902; Thu, 13 Jan 1994 16:05:34 -0800 Received: from localhost by am.ucsc.edu (8.6.4/4.7) id QAA13173; Thu, 13 Jan 1994 16:05:34 -0800 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 1994 16:05:34 -0800 Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: BlackVelvetBand.crd/traditional Black Velvet Band
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In a neat little town they call Belfast apprenticed to trade I was bound

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And many an hour of sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town

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Till bad misfortune came over me and caused me to stray from the land

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Far away from me friends and relations me followed the Black Velvet Band

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Her eyes they shown like the diamonds

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You'd think she was queen of the land

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And her hair hung over her shoulder

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Tied up with a Black Velvet Band

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Well I went out strolling one evening not meaning to go very far

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When I met with a fickle-some damsel she was plying her trade in a bar

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When a watch she took from a cutomer and slipped it right into me hand

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And the law it came and arrested me bad luck to your Black Velvet Band

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This mornin' before judge and jury a trial I had to appear

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And the judge he says "me young fellow" the case against you is quite clear

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And seven long years is your sentence you're going to Van Daemons Land

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Far away from your friends and relations and follow the Black Velvet Band

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So come all ye jolly young fellows I'll have you take warnin' from me

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Whenever you're into the liquor me lads beware of the pretty colleen

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For they'll fill you with whiskey and porter till you are not able to stand

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And the very next thing that you know me lads you've landed in Van Daemon's Land
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