In a neat little town they called Belfast,
Apprentice to trade I was found,
And as many as the hours' sweet happiness
I spent in that neat little town.
Till a sad misfortune came over me,
Which caused me to stray from the land,
Far away from me friends
and re lation
Betrayed by the black velvet band
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band
I took a walk down Broadway,
meaning not long for to stay
When who should I meet
but this pretty fair maid,
coming trips in a lumber highway
She was both fair and handsome,
her neck it was just like a swan
And her hair it hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair it hung over her shoulders
Tied up with a black
velvet band
I took a walk with this pretty fair maid
And a gentleman passing us by
Well, I know that she meant
the drooling of him
By the look in her wrongish black eye
And gone was she took from his pocket
And placed it right in to me hand
And the very next thing that I said was
That says to the black velvet band
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I taught her the queen of the band
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
You'll get seven years penal servitude
to be spent off in Van Diemen's land
Far away from your friends
and re lation
Betrayed by the black velvet band
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought her the queen of the land
And her hair it 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 had hung over her shoulder
Tied up with a black velvet band