67.183.153.20 16:22, 12 July 2007 (UTC) Holy Jesus! 'Her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black velvet Band'.Black velvet band As they walk along, they meet a gentleman passing by.

I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid And the gentleman passing us by Well I knew she meant the doing of him By the look in her roguish black eye The Black Velvet Band is a reference to beer, the song isn't a warning against pretty girls, it's a warning against getting drunk in public. Her eyes they shone like diamonds I thought her the queen of the land And her hair hung over her shoulders Tied up with a black velvet band. The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band written by Cliff Carlisle, Mel Foree English December 1935.Tied up with a black velvet band. The Black Velvet Band written by English. And many an hour of sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town.An adaptation is a musical work which uses most of the music or lyrics of another musical work. In a neat little town they call Belfast, apprentice to trade I was bound. You'd think she was queen of the land, And her hair hung over her shoulders, Tied up with a black velvet band. If anyone has them, I haven't got the version noted by Peter Kennedy from Paddy Doran, Tinker, Belfast 1952 or the version recorded by Seamus Ennis from Ben Baxter, Southrepps, Norfolk, 1955.The Black Velvet Band Lyrics Her eyes, they shone like the diamonds. Betrayed by the black velvet band' Her eyes they shown 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 So come all you jolly young fellows A warning take by me When you are out on the town, me lads Beware of the pretty colleens They'll feed you with strong drink, me ladsSubject: Black Velvet Band lyrics (variations) From: IanC Date: 12 Aug 03 - 04:22 AM I needed somewhere to leave a variety of versions of BvB for another project (thread) and this looks like the ideal spot.

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