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THE BLACK BAND

v.1 In a neat little town call Belfast,
An apprentice to I was bound,
And manys the hour of sweet
I spent in that neat town.

v.2 Til a sad misfortune over me,
and forced me to stray the land,
far from my friends and relations
Betrayed by the velvet band

Her they shone like the diamonds
swear she was queen of the land,
and her hung over her shoulder,
up with a black velvet band

v.3 As I went out one evening,
not to stray very far
I met with a frolicsome
her trade in the bar

v.4 A gold watch she clipped a customer
and placed it right into my
On the very first day I met her
Bad luck to the velvet band

v.5 To and jury next morning
for trial I had to
and the judge he my young fellow
the case against you is quite

v.6 I give you seven years penal
To be spent far away from the
Far from your friends and relations
going to *VanDamiens land

v.7 So come all you jolly fellows
A warning by me
ever you're out on the liquor
Beware of the colleens

v.8 For they will fill you with drink
until not able to stand
and the very thing that you know, me lads
you've landed in VanDamiens

Note that (Van Diemen's Land) is no longer an Australian
colony. Its use as such ceased some time ago. (:-)