A traditional song made popular largely by the singing of the Irish Rovers, and has since become a clarion call for plastic paddies everywhere.\u00a0 It is a crowd pleaser and while associated with St-Patrick’s day, can still be heard the year ’round even from us.\u00a0 Like most of our songs, it is public domain and several attempts by copyright nazis to force royalty payments simply because someone recorded it should be noted as actually illegal. The version below is from the singing of our own Paul Elliott.<\/p>\n
Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n
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In a neat little town they called Belfast
\nApprenticed to trade I was bound
\nAnd many an hour’s sweet happiness
\nI’ve spent in that neat little town
\nBut a sad misfortune came over me
\nWhich caused me to stray from the land
\nFar away from me friends and relations
\nBetrayed by the black velvet band<\/p>\n
Chorus: As I went out strolling one evening Chorus:<\/p>\n Next morning before judge and jury Chorus:<\/p>\n So come all you jolly young sailors Chorus 2x.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A traditional song made popular largely by the singing of the Irish Rovers, and has since become a clarion call for plastic paddies everywhere.\u00a0 It is a crowd pleaser and while associated with St-Patrick’s day, can still be heard the year ’round even from us.\u00a0 Like most of our songs, it is public domain and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4647"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5552,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4647\/revisions\/5552"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHer eyes they shone like the diamonds<\/strong><\/em>
\nYou’d think she was <\/i><\/b>queen of the land<\/strong><\/em>
\nAnd her hair hung over her shoulder<\/strong><\/em>
\nTied up with a black velvet band<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
\nNot meaning to go very far
\nI met with this pretty, young damsel
\nShe was selling her ass at the bar.
\nWell a watch she took from a customer
\nAnd then placed it right into my hand.
\nThen the law came and put me in prison
\nBad luck to the black velvet band<\/p>\n
\nFor trial I had to appear.
\nAnd the judge, he says “Young fellow, me lad,
\nThe case against you is quite clear.
\nAnd seven long years is your sentence.
\nYou’re going to Van Diemen’s Land
\nFar away from your friends and relations
\nBetrayed by the black velvet band”<\/p>\n
\nI’d have you take warning by me
\nWhen you are out for the liquor, me boys
\nBeware of the pretty Colleens
\nThey’ll feed you with whiskey and porter
\nUntil you aren’t able to stand
\nAnd the very next thing that you’ll know, me lads,
\nYou’ve wound up in Van Diemens Land<\/p>\n