Black Velvet Band

G D In a neat little town they call Belfast apprenticed to trade I was bound G Em C D G And many an hour of sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town G D Till bad misfortune came over me and caused me to stray from the land G Em C D G Far away from me friends and relations me followed the Black Velvet Band G Her eyes they shown like the diamonds D You'd think she was queen of the land G Em And her hair hung over her shoulder C D G Tied up with a Black Velvet Band G D Well I went out strolling one evening not meaning to go very far G Em C D G When I met with a fickle-some damsel she was plying her trade in a bar G D When a watch she took from a cutomer and slipped it right into me hand G Em C D G And the law it came and arrested me bad luck to your Black Velvet Band G D This mornin' before judge and jury a trial I had to appear G Em C D G And the judge he says "me young fellow" the case against you is quite clear G D And seven long years is your sentence you're going to Van Daemons Land G Em C D G Far away from your friends and relations and follow the Black Velvet Band G G So come all ye jolly young fellows I'll have you take warnin' from me G Em C D G Whenever you're into the liquor me lads beware of the pretty colleen G D For they'll fill you with whiskey and porter till you are not able to stand G Em C D G And the very next thing that you know me lads you've landed in Van Daemon's Land ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | submitted by | Some of you may be surprised to learn that if a | | | sperm were the size of a salmon it would be | | | swimming its seven inch journey at five hundred | | jonas reitz | miles per hour. If a sperm were the size of a | | | whale, however, it would be swimming a fifteen | | | thousand miles per hour or mach twenty. | | jreitz@cats.ucsc.edu | -Laurie Anderson | -------------------------------------------------------------------------