Blue Velvet Band-Hank Snow

[ti:Blue Velvet Band] [ar:Hank Snow] [al:22 Of His Best] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Blue Velvet Band - Hank Snow [00:06.66]If you listen a story I'll tell you [00:10.33] [00:11.45]Of a girl who once lived in this land [00:15.17] [00:16.40]A girl who once was my sweetheart [00:20.36] [00:21.26]She was known as the Blue Velvet Band [00:25.07] [00:26.33]On her cheeks was the first flush of nature [00:30.20] [00:31.27]Her beauty it seemed to expand [00:34.67] [00:36.04]Her hair hung down in long tresses [00:41.18]Tied back with a blue velvet band [00:44.51] [00:45.62]I can still see those tears as we parted [00:49.67] [00:50.75]Of my heart broken blue velvet band [00:54.19] [00:55.41]As I left her I told her [00:58.42]I'll never come back to my home again [01:03.75] [01:05.11]Five years in the wide open spaces [01:08.44] [01:09.92]Was all that my poor heart could stand [01:13.51] [01:14.37]Every night as I lay on my pillow [01:18.82] [01:19.71]I would dream of my Blue Velvet Band [01:23.26] [01:24.80]But Then one night as I lay down dreaming [01:28.51] [01:29.45]Of home and poor mother and dad [01:32.57] [01:34.02]Like a flash by my bedside was standing [01:38.20] [01:38.85]The form of my Blue Velvet Band [01:42.42] [01:43.97]I started next day for my darling [01:47.47] [01:48.47]To go back and make her my bride [01:51.87] [01:53.26]But as I reached the old country depot [01:56.89] [01:58.01]They told me my sweetheart had died [02:01.55] [02:03.02]They laid her to rest in the churchyard [02:06.72] [02:07.51]Midst the sweet summer flowers of the land [02:11.04] [02:12.43]On her finger was the ring I had bought her [02:16.36] [02:17.11]On her head was a blue velvet band