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black velvet band - northeast winds lyrics

[intro]
our next tune is one that was written about a lady of the evening
and it’s got a real nice chorus (a night owl)
a night owl, yeah, that’s what she says, hn*hn*hn*hn
it’s got a real nice chorus, and we’d like to invite you to sing along on this one, join us on this one
(’cause her eyes . . .) it’s one called
(‘scuse me) after you, allan (after you, emery), heh*heh*heh*heh
(her eyes, they shone like*a diamonds)
and you’d think she was queen of the land
(and her hair hung over her shoulder)
tied up with a black velvet band
(sing along)

[song]
oh, in a neat little town they called belfast
apprentice to trade i was bound
and many’s the happy old evenin’
lord, i spent in that quaint little town
till sad misfortune came o’er me
it caused me to stray from the land
far away from my friends and relations
to follow the black velvet band

and her eyes they shone like*a diamonds
oh, you’d think she was queen of the land
and her hair hung over her shoulders
tied up with a black velvet band
as i was out strollin’ one evenin’
not meanin’ to go very far
i met with a ficklesome damsel
she was playin’ her bass in the bar
there’s the watch that she took from a patron
and she put it right into my hand
and the law came, they put me in prison
bad luck to the black velvet band

and her eyes they shone like*a diamonds
oh, you’d think she was queen of the land
and her hair hung over her shoulders
tied up with a black velvet band

next mornin’ before judge and jury
oh, for sentence, well, i had to appear
and the judge, he said, my young fellow
say, the case against you is quite clear
and it’s seven long years is your sentence
oh, you’re goin’ to van dieman’s land
far away from your friends and relations
well, to follow the black velvet band

and her eyes they shone like*a diamonds
oh, you’d think she was queen of the land
and her hair hung over her shoulders
tied up with a black velvet band
well, i’ll be out in a week, and i’m going
yeah, i’ll live in some far distand land
but i’ll carry the mark of a man betrayed
by the girl in the black velvet band

and her eyes they shone like*a diamonds
oh, you’d think she was queen of the land
and her hair hung over her shoulders
tied up with a black velvet band

so come all ye jolly young fellas
but i’ll have you take warnin’ by me
and whenever you’re into the liquor, me lads
say, beware of them handsome colleens
for they’ll fill you with whisky and porter (yeah*hah)
till you are not able to stand
and the very next thing that you know, me lads
you’re headed to van dieman’s land

and her eyes they shone like*a diamonds
oh, you’d think she was queen of the land
and her hair hung over her shoulders
tied up with a black velvet band

say, her eyes they shone like*a diamonds
oh, you’d think she was queen of the land
and her hair hung over her shoulders
tied up with a black velvet band (ooh)

- northeast winds lyrics

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