Black Velvet Band

And her hair hung over her shoulder

Tied up with a black velvet band

In a neat little town they call Belfast

Apprentice to trade I was bound

And many an hour's sweet happiness

Have 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 relations

Betrayed by a black velvet band

Her eyes, they shone like diamonds

I thought her the queen of the land

And her hair hung over her shoulder

Tied up with a black velvet band

As I was walkin' down Broadway

Meaning not long for to stay

Well, who 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's

And her hair 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 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

Well, 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 me hand

And the very next thing that I knew was

I'd landed in Van Dieman's land

Her eyes, they shone like diamonds

I thought her the queen of the land

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"

We'll give you seven years penal servitude

To be spent far away from the land

Far away from your friends and relations

Access to the black velvet band

Her eyes, they shone like diamonds

I thought her the queen of the land

And her hair hung over her shoulder

Tied up with a black velvet band

And her hair hung over her shoulder

Tied up with a black velvet band