The Blue Velvet Band-Hank Snow

[ti:The Blue Velvet Band] [ar:Hank Snow] [al:Hank Snow's I'm Movin' On] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Blue Velvet Band - Hank Snow [00:29.55]If you listen a story I＇ll tell you [00:32.80] [00:34.23]Of a girl who once lived in this land [00:36.98] [00:39.03]A girl who once was my sweetheart [00:41.78] [00:44.09]She was known as the Blue Velvet Band [00:46.39] [00:49.01]On her cheeks was the first flush of nature [00:51.77] [00:54.75]Her beauty it seemed to expand [00:58.06] [01:00.19]Her hair hung down in long tresses [01:02.12] [01:04.00]Tied back with a blue velvet band [01:06.49]I can still see those tears as we parted [01:10.36] [01:13.61]Of my heart broken blue velvet band [01:15.79] [01:17.97]As I left her I told her [01:20.78]I＇ll never come back to my home again [01:24.21] [01:27.90]Five years in the wide open spaces [01:34.44]Was all that my poor heart could stand [01:36.44] [01:37.69]Every night as I lay on my pillow [01:39.87] [01:42.31]I would dream of my Blue Velvet Band [01:44.93]Then one night as I lay down dreaming [01:49.85]Of home and poor mother and dad [01:53.42] [01:57.34]Like a flash by my bedside was standing [01:59.72] [02:01.47]The form of my Blue Velvet Band [02:04.27] [02:06.51]I started next day for my darling [02:08.95] [02:11.08]Just to go back and make her my bride [02:14.01] [02:15.88]But as I reached the old country depot [02:18.50] [02:20.75]They told me my sweetheart had died [02:23.12] [02:25.30]They laid her to rest in the churchyard [02:28.49] [02:29.98]Midst the sweet summer flowers of the land [02:32.48] [02:34.91]On her finger was the ring I had bought her [02:38.03] [02:40.21]On her head was a blue velvet band