The Black Velvet Band

"The Black Velvet Band" (Roud number 2146) is a traditional folk song collected from singers in Ireland, Australia, England, Canada and the United States describing how a young man is tricked and then sentenced to transportation to Australia, a common punishment in the British Empire during the 19th century. Versions were also published on broadsides.[1]

The Dubliners released a popular version of the song in 1967 based on a version sung by the traditional English singer Harry Cox.

  1. ^ "Black Velvet Band – Lyrical Analysis – Irish Studies". irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org. Retrieved 2022-09-25.