IN A NEAT LITTLE TOWN THEY CALL BELFAST
AN APPRENTICE TO TRADE I WAS BOUND
AND MANY AN HOURS SWEET HAPPINESS
DID I SPEND IN THIS SWEET LITTLE TOWN
A SAD MISFORTUNE CAME OVER ME
WICH CAUSED ME TO STRAY FROM THE LAND
FAR AWAY FROM ME FRIENDS AND RELATIONS
BETRAYED BY THE BLACK VELVET BAND
HER EYES THEY SHONE LIKE DIAMONDS
I CALLED HER THE QUEEN OF THE LAND
AND HER HAIR HUNG OVER HER SHOULDER
TIED UP WITH A BLACK VELVET BAND
AS I WAS WALKING DOWN BROADWAY
AND A GENTLEMAN PASSING ME BY
AND I KNEW SHE MEANT THE DOING OF HIM
BY THE LOOK IN HER ROUGISH BLACK EYES
I GOT ALL WHAT SHE TOOK FROM HIS POCKET
AND PLACED IT RIGHT IN TO MY HAND
AND THE VERY FIRST THING THAT I SAID WAS
BAD LOOK TO THE BLACK VELVET BAND
HER EYES THEY SHONE LIKE DIAMONDS
I CALLED 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 SAID TO ME YOUNG LAD
YOUR CUSTODYS PROVEN CLEAR
WE'LL GIVE YOU SEVEN YEARS PEINAL SERVITUDE
TO BE SPENT FAR AWAY FROM THE LAND
FAR AWAY FROM YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIONS
BETRAYED BY THE BLACK VELVET BAND
HER EYES THEY SHONE LIKE DIAMONDS
I CALLED HER THE QUEEN OF THE LAND
AND HER HAIR HUNG OVER HER SHOULDER
TIED UP WITH A BLACK VELVET BAND
SO COME ALL YOU JOLLY YOUNG FELLOWS
AND A WARNING PAID BY ME
WHEN YOU ARE OUT ON THE TOWN ME LADS
BEWARE OF THE PRETTY COLLEENS
THEY'LL FEED YOU WITH STRONG DRINK ME LADS
TILL YOU ARE UNABLE TO STAND
AND THE VERY FIRST THING THAT YOU'LL KNOW IS
YOU'VE LANDED IN VAN DEMON'S LAND
HER EYES THEY SHONE LIKE DIAMONDS
I CALLED HER THE QUEEN OF THE LAND
AND HER HAIR HUNG OVER HER SHOULDER
TIED UP WITH A BLACK VELVET BAND