Black Velvet Band (Guitar)
Recently got a guitar for Christmas, and have been learning some songs on it. This is the first one I feel comfortable posting. I first heard this song played by @CliftonHicksbanjo , but I've modified the lyrics a bit. Please, let me know what I could improve regarding recording/playing guitar for the future!
Lyrics:
1.
In a neat little town they call Belfast,
apprentice to trade I was bound.
And many hours of sweet contemplation
spent I in that neat little town.
When a sad misfortune came o'er me,
and caused me to stray from the land.
Far away from my friends and relations,
betrayed by the black velvet band.
R.
Her eyes they shone like Emeralds,
I thought her the queen of the land,
and her red hair hung over her shoulders,
tied up in a black velvet band.
2.
I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid,
and the gentleman passing us by
I knew the meant she the undoing of me,
by the look of her roguish green eyes.
A gold watch she took from his pocket,
and she placed it right into me hand
And the very next thing that you know, me lads
I'd landed in Van Dieman's land
R.
Her eyes they shone like Emeralds,
I thought her the queen of the land,
and her red hair hung over her shoulders,
tied up in a black velvet band.
3.
Now before a judge and a jury,
next morning I had to appear
Oh the judge he said to me Young man,
your case is proven quite clear
You'll be given seven years of penal servitude,
you'll be sentenced to a faraway land.
Far away from your friends and relations,
betrayed by the Black Velvet Band
R.
Her eyes they shone like Emeralds,
I thought her the queen of the land,
and her red hair hung over her shoulders,
tied up in a black velvet band.
4.
So come all ye jolly young fellows,
and a warning you take by me.
When you are out on the town to drink,
beware of the pretty colleens
For they'll feed you with strong drinks of liquor,
until you are unable to stand
And the very next thing that you know me lads,
you've landed in Van Diemen's Land.