Dubliners - Black Velvet Band

the dubliners – black velvet band

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in a neat little town they call belfast , apprenticed to trade i was bound
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and many an hour of sweet happiness , i spent in that neat little town
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till sad misfortune came over me , which caused me to stray from the land
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far away from me friends and relations , betrayed by the black velvet band

chorus :
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her eyes they shown like the diamonds , i thought her the queen of the land
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and her hair it hung over her shoulder , tied up with the black velvet band

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i took a stroll with this pretty fair maid , and the gentleman passing us by
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i knew the meant she the impearing of me , by the look of her roguish blackeye
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a goldwatch she took from his pocket , and she placed it right into me hand
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and the very first that i thought was , that looked like the black velvet band

– chorus –

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now before a judge and a jury , next morning i had to appear
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oh the judge he said to me young man , your case is proven clear
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you’ll be given seven years of pain and servitude , you’ll be sentenced to a far away land .
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far away from your friends and relations , betrayed by the black velvet band

– chorus –

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so come all ye jolly young fellows , and a warning you take by me
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when you are out on the town to drink me lads , beware of the pretty colleagues
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for they’ll feed you with strong drinks “more yeah” , untill you are unable to stand
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and the very next thing that you know me lads , you’ve landed in van diemen’s land

– chorus –

end

my first tab was needed because the other tabs didn’t feel right and this one
does . i used the 50th anniversary live version to interpret this song , with barney
alive and sean cannon singing . ( he also plays this on that show tab )

have fun with it!

cheers!
sactorius