	G	D
In a	neat little town they call Belfast, apprenticed to trade I was	bound

	G	Em	C	D	G
And	many’s the hour of sweet	happiness, I	spent in that	neat little	town

	G	D
A	sad misfortune came over me, which caused me to stray from the	land

	G	Em	C	D	G
Far	away from me friends and rel	ations, betr	ayed by the	black velvet	band

	G	C	D
Her	eyes they shone like diamonds, I	thought her the queen of the	land

	G	Em	C	D	G
And her	hair it hung over her	shoulder, tied	up with a	black velvet	band

I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman passing us by

I knew she meant the undoing of me, by the look in her roguish black eye

A gold watch she took from his pocket, and she placed it right into me hand

And the very first thing that I thought was, bad luck to the black velvet band

Her eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land

And her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with a black velvet band

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 clear

We’ll give you seven years’ penal servitude, to be spent far away from the land.

Far away from your friends and relations, betrayed by the black velvet band

	G	G	G	D
Her	eyes they shone like	diamonds, I	thought her the queen of the	land

	G	Em	C	D	G
And her	hair it hung over her	shoulder, tied	up with a	black velvet	band

	G	G	G	D
So	come all ye jolly young	fellows, and a	warning take by	me

	G	Em	C	D	G
For	when you are out on the	town me lads,	beware of them	pretty	colleens

	G	G	G	D
For they’ll	feed you with strong	ale "More Yeah", until	you are unable to	stand

	G	Em	C	D
And the	very next thing that you	know me lads, is you’ve	landed in	Van Diemen’s

G

Land

	G	G	G	D
Her	eyes they shone like	diamonds, I	thought her the queen of the	land

	G	Em	C	D	G
And her	hair it hung over her	shoulder, tied	up with a	black velvet	band

	G	G	G	D
Her	eyes they shone like	diamonds, I	thought her the queen of the	land

	G	Em	C	D	G
And her	hair it hung over her	shoulder, tied	up with a	black velvet	band