The Irish Rovers – Black Velvet Band (Ukulele)

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Her eyes they shone 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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In a neat little town they call Belfast,

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apprenticed to trade I was bound.

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And many an hour of sweet happiness,

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I spent in that neat little town..

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Till bad misfortune came over me and caused me

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to stray from the land.

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Far away from me friends and rela..ions I

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followed the Black Velvet Band.

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Her eyes they shone 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

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meaning to go very far..

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When I met with a ficklesome dam..sel, she was

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plying her trade in the bar.

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When a watch she took from a customer, and

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slipped it right into me hand..

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And the law came and put me in pris..on, bad

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luck to her Black Velvet Band.

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Her eyes they shone 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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This mornin' before judge and jury, for a trial,

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I had to ap..pear.

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And the judge he says, 'Me young fellow, the

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case against you is quite clear.

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And seven long years is your sentence, you're

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going to Van Daemons Land.

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Far away from your friends and relat..ions and

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follow the Black Velvet Band.'

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Her eyes they shone 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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So, come all ye jolly young fellows, I'll have you

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take warnin' from me.

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When..ever you're into the liquor, me lads,

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beware of the pretty Colleen.

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For they'll fill you with whiskey and porter, till you

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are not able to stand.

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And the very next thing that you know, me lads, you've

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landed in Van Daemon's Land.

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Her eyes they shone like the diamonds.

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You'd think she was Queen of the Land.

        A                  F#m
And her hair hung over her shoulder,

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tied up with a Black Velvet Band.

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Her eyes they shone like the diamonds.

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You'd think she was Queen of the Land.

        A                  F#m
And her hair hung over her shoulder,

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tied up with a Black Velvet Band.