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Subject: BlackVelvetBand.crd/traditional
Black Velvet Band
G (320003@1) DIn (xx0232@1)a neat little town they call Belfast apprenticed to trade I was bound
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)many an hour of sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town
G (320003@1) DTill (xx0232@1)bad misfortune came over me and caused me to stray from the land
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GFar (320003@1)away from me friends and relations me followed the Black Velvet Band
GHer (320003@1)eyes they shown like the diamonds
DYou'd (xx0232@1)think she was queen of the land
G (320003@1) EmAnd (022000@1)her hair hung over her shoulder
C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GTied (320003@1)up with a Black Velvet Band
G (320003@1) DWell (xx0232@1)I went out strolling one evening not meaning to go very far
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GWhen (320003@1)I met with a fickle-some damsel she was plying her trade in a bar
G (320003@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)a watch she took from a cutomer and slipped it right into me hand
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)the law it came and arrested me bad luck to your Black Velvet Band
G (320003@1) DThis (xx0232@1)mornin' before judge and jury a trial I had to appear
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)the judge he says "me young fellow" the case against you is quite clear
G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)seven long years is your sentence you're going to Van Daemons Land
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GFar (320003@1)away from your friends and relations and follow the Black Velvet Band
G (320003@1) GSo (320003@1)come all ye jolly young fellows I'll have you take warnin' from me
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GWhenever (320003@1)you're into the liquor me lads beware of the pretty colleen
G (320003@1) DFor (xx0232@1)they'll fill you with whiskey and porter till you are not able to stand
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)the very next thing that you know me lads you've landed in Van Daemon's Land
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| submitted by | Some of you may be surprised to learn that if a |
| | sperm were the size of asalmon (x02210@1)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 afifteen (x02210@1) |
| | thousand miles per hour or mach twenty. |
| jreitz@cats.ucsc.edu | -Laurie Anderson |
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