Mudcat Café message #556503

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Thread #39210 Message #556503
Posted By: Calach
22-Sep-01 - 05:04 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: New York Girls--from a female viewpo
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: New York Girls--from a female viewpo

The Black Velvet Band is a song about a woman having her way with a young, inexperienced sailor, getting him into trouble, sentenced, then sent to Tasmania for his "crime".
Good tune too.
Calach