Her eyes they shone
like diamonds,
you'd she was queen of the land
With her hair thrown over her shoulders,
tied up with a black velvet band
As I was walking down Broadway,
Not intending to stay very long,
I meet with a prolix of dancers,
As she came whippin' along.
Her eyes they shone like diamonds,
you'd think she was queen of the land
With her hair thrown over her shoulders,
tied up with a black velvet band
A watch he pulled out of her pocket,
and slipped it right into my hand
On the very first day that I met her,
Bad luck to the black velvet man.
Her eyes they shone like diamonds,
Still she was queen of the land.
With her head thrown over her shoulders,
Tied up with a black velvet band.
Before Eugene Ury next morning,
both of us did ap pear
A gentleman named Miss Bulery,
and the case against us was clear
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
You'd think she was queen of the land
With her head thrown over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band
Seven long years'
transport ations
Lied down to Van Diemen's land
Far away from my friends
and companions
Betrayed by their black velvet band
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
You'd think she was queen of the land
With her hair curled over her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
You'd think she was queen of the land
With her hair thrown over
her shoulders
Tied up with a black velvet band