Black Velvet Band:The Irish Rovers.
Album - The Irish Rovers In Australia - 1976.
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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.
#1.
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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.
[Chorus]
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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,
D E A
tied up with a Black Velvet Band.
#2.
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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.
[Chorus]
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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,
D E A
tied up with a Black Velvet Band.
#3.
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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.'
[Chorus]
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Her eyes they shone like the diamonds.
E
You'd think she was Queen of the Land.
A F#m
And her hair hung over her shoulder,
D E A
tied up with a Black Velvet Band.
#4.
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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.
[Chorus]
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Her eyes they shone like the diamonds.
E
You'd think she was Queen of the Land.
A F#m
And her hair hung over her shoulder,
D E A
tied up with a Black Velvet Band.
[Outro]
[Chorus]
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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,
D E A
tied up with a Black Velvet Band.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
