You know to continue with a
G song it's called a black velvet band has got a chorus _ .
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G far away from my friends and _ relations betrayed by the black velvet band.
let's hear you sing now.
her eyes they shone like diamonds come on.
I
C thought her the queen
D of the land.
G and her hair it hung over her shoulder.
tied up with a black velvet band.
I took a stroll down Broadway.
_ meaning
C not
D long for to stay.
G when who
D should I meet but
G this pretty fair maid.
D from a trade sing
G along the highway.
she was both fair and handsome.
her
C neck it was just
D like a swan.
G and her hair it
D hung
G over her shoulder.
D tied up with a black
G velvet band.
raise the roof now.
her eyes they shone like diamonds.
I thought
C her the
D queen of the land.
G and her
D hair it hung
G over her shoulder.
Am tied up with a
G black velvet band.
I took a stroll with
C this
G pretty fair maid.
and a gentleman
C D passing us by.
G what I knew she meant the doing of him.
by the look in her roguish black eye.
a gold watch he took from his pocket.
and
C placed it right into
D my hand.
G and the very next thing that I knew was.
I'd landed in Van Diemen's land.
her eyes they shone like diamonds come on.
I
C thought her the queen
D of the land say
G up.
and her
D hair it hung
G over her shoulder.
tied up with a black velvet band.
before the judge and the jury.
next morning
C I
D had to appear.
G the judge she says to me.
young man your case it is proven clear.
we'll give you seven years
C penal
G servitude.
to be spent
C far away
D from the
G land.
far away
D from your friends
G and companions.
betrayed by the black velvet band.
her eyes they shone like diamonds.
I thought her the queen
D of the land say up.
and
G her hair it hung over her shoulder.
tied up with a black velvet band.
so come all you jolly young fellows.
a
C warning take
D my heed.
G when you are out on the town.
be wise
D beware of the pretty
G colleagues.
for they feed you
C with strong drink
G maria.
till you
C are
D unable to swallow.
G and the very next thing that you'll know is.
D you've landed in
G Van Diemen's land.
last time now.
her eyes they shone like diamonds say up.
I thought
C her the
D queen of the land.
G and her hair
D it hung over
G her shoulder.
tied
Am up with a black
G velvet band.
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