What about, "Maggie Maggie May, they have taken her away
To walk upon Van Diemen's cruel shore.
She robbed many a sailor and dosed many a whaler
She'll never walk down lime street anymore.

Any of you lot hear "The Girl in the BLUE velvet band"?

Bluegrass version of the same story. , last verse goes

They sentenced me to San Quentin for stealing
God knows I'm an innocent man
and the guilty one knows of my trials
The girl in the blue velvet band.

When the audience sing "The Black Velvet Band" as if it were a happy drinking song, I like to see who takes notice of the serious nature of the song, and sing

Her eyes they were red as the sunset
You'd have thought she was queen of a zoo
and her feet hung off of her ankles
tied up in a black leather shoe.

Thank goodness there are people who's heritage is Italian to sing Irish ballads the way (perhaps) the author intended.

said he with his tongue in his cheek.