The Black Velvet Band (Live)-The High Kings

[ti:The Black Velvet Band] [ar:The High Kings] [al:The High Kings] [offset:0] [00:01.01]The Black Velvet Band - The High Kings [00:12.43]In a neat little town they call Belfast [00:17.67] [00:18.67]Apprenticed to trade I was bound [00:23.31] [00:25.12]Many an hours sweet happiness [00:31.36] [00:32.05]Have I spent in that neat little town [00:36.41] [00:38.48]A sad misfortune came over me [00:44.65]Which caused me to stray from the land [00:49.15] [00:50.27]Far away from my friends and relations [00:57.94]Betrayed by the black velvet band [01:02.93] [01:03.93]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [01:08.30] [01:08.92]I thought her the queen of the land [01:12.98] [01:13.86]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:18.23] [01:18.78]Tied up with a black velvet band [01:23.47] [01:26.15]I took a stroll down Broadway [01:30.65]Meaning not long for to stay [01:34.70] [01:35.32]When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid [01:40.01]Come a trapsing along the highway [01:43.56] [01:44.37]She was both fair and handsome [01:48.24] [01:48.99]Her neck it was just like a swans [01:52.92] [01:53.61]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [01:58.10]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:02.09] [02:02.65]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [02:06.64] [02:07.21]I thought her the queen of the land [02:10.89] [02:11.76]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [02:15.69] [02:16.32]Tied up with a black velvet band [02:20.81] [02:31.54]I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid [02:35.91]And a gentleman passing us by [02:39.53]Oh I knew she meant the un-doing of him [02:44.34]By the look in her roguish black eye [02:48.02] [02:48.77]A gold watch she took from his pocket [02:52.32] [02:53.20]And slipped it right in to my hand [02:56.82] [02:57.81]And the very first thing that I said was [03:02.12]Bad 'cess to the black velvet band [03:05.36] [03:06.49]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [03:10.86]I thought her the queen of the land [03:14.41] [03:15.16]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:19.40]Tied up with a black velvet band [03:22.96] [03:26.52]Seven long years penal servitude [03:31.14]I spent down in Van Diemen's Land [03:35.44]Far away from my friends and relations [03:40.31] [03:41.68]Betrayed by the black velvet band [03:45.43] [03:46.05]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [03:49.79] [03:50.42]I thought her the queen of the land [03:53.91] [03:54.73]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [03:58.28] [03:58.84]Tied up with a black velvet band [04:02.77] [04:03.39]Her eyes they shone like diamonds [04:07.08] [04:07.64]I thought her the queen of the land [04:11.13] [04:11.82]And her hair it hung over her shoulder [04:18.21] [04:19.51]Tied up with a black velvet band