Blue Velvet Band-Hank Snow

[ti:The Blue Velvet Band] [ar:Hank Snow] [al:I'm Movin' On] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Blue Velvet Band - Hank Snow [00:06.90]If you listen a story I'll tell you [00:10.44] [00:11.92]Of a girl who once lived in this word [00:15.02] [00:16.82]A girl who once was my sweetheart [00:20.42] [00:21.77]She was known as the Blue Velvet Band [00:25.00] [00:26.73]On her cheeks was the first flush of nature [00:30.20] [00:31.81]Her beauty it seemed to expand [00:34.76] [00:36.44]Her hair hung down in long tresses [00:39.81] [00:41.47]Tied back with a blue velvet band [00:44.53] [00:46.38]I can still see those tears as we parted [00:49.66] [00:50.99]Of my heart broken blue velvet band [00:54.08] [00:55.63]As I left her I told her [00:58.51]I'll never come back to my home again [01:04.04] [01:05.63]Five years in the wide open spaces [01:08.59] [01:10.42]Was all that my poor heart could stand [01:13.48] [01:15.00]Every night as I lay on my pillow [01:18.64] [01:20.10]I would dream of my Blue Velvet Band [01:23.25] [01:25.03]Then one night as I lay down dreaming [01:28.34] [01:29.74]Of home and poor mother and dad [01:32.73] [01:34.50]Like a flash by my bedside was standing [01:37.63] [01:39.42]The form of my Blue Velvet Band [01:42.20] [01:44.24]I started next day for my darling [01:47.16] [01:49.06]Just to go back and make her my bride [01:51.92] [01:53.64]But as I reached the old country depot [01:56.88] [01:58.36]They told me my sweetheart had died [02:01.46] [02:03.20]They laid her to rest in the churchyard [02:06.38] [02:07.93]Midst the sweet summer flowers of the land [02:10.85] [02:12.46]On her finger was the ring I had bought her [02:16.06] [02:17.43]On her head was a blue velvet band