Name: Black Velvet Band
Duration: P00H02M51S
Description: One of the most requested Pub Songs on the circuit.

Black Velvet Band

from Bedlam Boys by Jim Hancock & Friends

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One of the most requested Pub Songs on the circuit.

lyrics

chorus
Her eyes, they shone like diamonds;
You'd think she was queen of the land,
With her hair hung over her shoulders,
Tied up with a black velvet band.

In a little old town they call Belfast,
Not intending to stay very long,
I met with a frolicsome damsel,
As she came a-trippin' along.

A watch she pulled out of her pocket,
And she slipped it right into my hand,
On the very first day that I met her . . .
Bad luck to the black velvet band! chorus

Before judge and the jury next morning,
The both of us did appear,
A gentleman claimed his jewelry;
The case against us was clear. chorus

It was seven long years transportation,
Right down to Van Dieman's land,
Far away from me friends and companions,
Betrayed by that black velvet band. chorus

credits

from Bedlam Boys, released April 1, 2020
Jim Hancock - lead voice, guitar
Jim Lillquist - hammered dulcimer
Joyce Lillquist - autoharp
Bob Bielefeld - fife
Malcolm Smith - violin
The Flashpoint Choraleers:
Garold "Gibbon The Troubador" Amadon, Jerry Barry, Bob Bielefeld,
Ty Billings, Doug Kondziolka, Fred James, Dave Massengale,
Cris Arnold, Carol Black, Barby Holder, Joni Massengale, Mary Lux,
Ta-rel Roché, Leslie Tabor

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