The Blue Velvet Band-Hank Snow

[ti:The Blue Velvet Band] [ar:Hank Snow] [al:My San Antonio Mamma] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Blue Velvet Band - Hank Snow [00:29.84]If you listen a story I'll tell you [00:34.59]Of a girl who once lived in this land [00:38.90] [00:39.47]A girl who once was my sweetheart [00:44.41]She was known as the Blue Velvet Band [00:49.53]On her cheeks was the first flush of nature [00:54.63]Her beauty it seemed to expand [00:59.30]Her hair hung down in long tresses [01:04.24]Tied back with a blue velvet band [01:08.35] [01:09.04]I can still see those tears as we parted [01:13.91]Of my heart broken blue velvet band [01:18.16] [01:18.72]As I left her I told her [01:21.28]I'll never come back to my home again [01:27.50] [01:28.43]Five years in the wide open spaces [01:33.24]Was all that my poor heart could stand [01:37.53] [01:38.04]Every night as I lay on my pillow [01:42.91]I would dream of my Blue Velvet Band [01:47.15] [01:47.71]Then one night as I lay down dreaming [01:52.58]Of home and poor mother and dad [01:57.26]Like a flash by my bedside was standing [02:02.19]The form of my Blue Velvet Band [02:06.30] [02:06.93]I started next day for my darling [02:11.80]Just to go back and make her my bride [02:16.53]But as I reached the old country depot [02:21.22]They told me my sweetheart had died [02:26.03]They laid her to rest in the churchyard [02:30.84]Midst the sweet summer flowers of the land [02:35.53]On her finger was the ring I had bought her [02:40.33]On her head was a blue velvet band