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new touring song | Thu 01st Sep 2005 | | This is Strabane RFC's new touring song :
Black Velvet Band
In a neat little town they call Belfast apprentice to trade I was bound
And many an hour of sweet happiness have I spent in that neat little town
A sad misfortune came over me which caused me to stray from the land
Far away from my friends and relations betrayed by the black velvet band
chorus :
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 stroll down Broadway meaning not long for to stay
When whom should I meet but this pretty fair maid come a-traipsing along the highway
She was both fair and handsome, her neck it was just like a swan
And her hair it hung over her shoulder tied up with a black velvet band
I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman passing us by
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 my hand
And the very first thing that I said was, Bad cess to the black velvet band
Before the judge and the jury next morning I had to appear
The judge he says to me, Young man, your case it is proven clear
We'll give you seven years penal servitude to be spent far away from the land
Far away from your friends and relations, betrayed by the black velvet band
So come all ye jolly young fellows, a warning take by me
When you're out on the town me lads, beware of the pretty colleens
They'll feed you with strong drink me lads, till you are unable to stand
And the very first thing that you know is, you've landed in Van Diemen's Land |
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