diff --git a/songs/Traditional/Black_Velvet_Band.sg b/songs/Traditional/Black_Velvet_Band.sg index b859c5a..50f82a1 100644 --- a/songs/Traditional/Black_Velvet_Band.sg +++ b/songs/Traditional/Black_Velvet_Band.sg @@ -2,5 +2,46 @@ \songcolumns{2} \beginsong{Black Velvet Band}[by=Traditional] +\beginverse +Well, in a \[Sol]neat little town they call Belfast, apprentice to trade I was \[Ré]bound +\[Sol]Many an hours sweet \[Mim]happiness, have I \[Do]spent in that \[Ré]neat little \[Sol]town +A \[Sol]sad misfortune came over me, which caused me to stray from the \[Ré]land +Far \[Sol]away from my friends and re\[Mim]lations, be\[Do]trayed by the \[Ré]black velvet \[Sol]band +\endverse + +\beginchorus +Her \[Sol]eyes they shone like diamonds +I thought her the queen of the \[Ré]land +And her \[Sol]hair it hung over her sh\[Mim]oulder +Tied \[Do]up with a \[Ré]black velvet \[Sol]band +\endchorus + +\beginverse +I took a stroll down Broadway, meaning not long for to stay +When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid comes a tripping along the highway +She was both fair and handsome, her neck it was just like a swans +And her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with a black velvet band +\endverse + +\beginverse +I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman passing us by +Well I knew she meant the doing of him, by the look in her roguish black eye +A goldwatch she took from his pocket and placed it right in to my hand +And the very first thing that I said was bad luck to the black velvet band +\endverse + +\beginverse +Before the judge and the jury, next morning I had to appear +The judge he says to me: "Young man, your case it is proven clear +We'll give you seven years penal servitude, to be spent faraway from the land +Far away from your friends and companions, betrayed by the black velvet band" +\endverse + +\beginverse +So come all you jolly young fellows a warning take by me +When you are out on the town me lads, beware of them pretty colleens +For they feed you with strong drink, "Oh yeah", 'til you are unable to stand +And the very next thing that you'll know is you've landed in Van Diemens Land +\endverse \endsong \ No newline at end of file