'Black Velvet Band' Traditional Performed by Luke Kelly and The Dubliners Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland Well, in a neat little town they call Belfast, apprentice to trade I was bound Many an hours sweet happiness, have I spent in that neat little town A sad misfortune came over me, which caused me to stray from the land Far away from my friends and relations, betrayed by the black velvet band Her eyes they shone like diamonds I thought her the queen of the land And her hair it hung over h