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THE BLACK BAND

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

v.2 Til a sad came over me,
and forced me to from the land,
far away my friends and relations
Betrayed by the black band

Her eyes they shone like the
swear she was queen of the land,
and her hair hung her shoulder,
tied up with a velvet band

v.3 As I out strolling one evening,
not intending to stray far
I met a frolicsome damsel
her trade in the bar

v.4 A gold she clipped from a customer
and placed it into my hand
On the first day that I met her
Bad luck to the black velvet

v.5 To and jury next morning
for I had to appear
and the he said my young fellow
the case against you is clear

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

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

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

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