The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band-Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

[ti:The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band] [ar:Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys] [al:The Very Best of Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.47]The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band - Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys [00:03.78]Written by：C. Carlisle [00:04.97] [00:18.83]One night while out for a ramble [00:22.82] [00:23.38]The hour was just about nine [00:27.93]I met a young maiden in Frisco [00:31.89] [00:32.41]On the corner of Geary and pine [00:36.24] [00:36.96]On her face there was beauty of nature [00:41.59]And her eyes just seemed to expand [00:46.30]With hair so rich and so brilliant [00:50.86]Entwined in a blue velvet band [00:54.98] [00:55.60]We strolled down the street together [00:59.51] [01:00.17]In my pocket she placed her small hand [01:04.89]She planted the evidence on me [01:09.79]The girl in the blue velvet band [01:13.10] [01:14.22]Well I heard the scream of the siren [01:17.81] [01:18.66]And the girl in the blue velvet band [01:23.48]She left me to face all the trouble [01:27.53] [01:28.20]What a diamond that was worth ten grand [01:31.54] [01:51.85]Well at night when bed time was ringin' [01:55.89] [01:56.65]Standing close to the bar [02:01.33]I fancied I heard a voice calling [02:05.24] [02:05.97]Far out on the ocean of stars [02:09.85] [02:10.71]They sent me to San Quentin for stealing [02:14.73] [02:15.52]God knows I'm an innocent man [02:19.48] [02:20.33]But the guilty one now she lies dying [02:24.14] [02:24.96]The girl in the blue velvet band [02:28.77] [02:29.75]Well I'll be out in a year and I'm leaving [02:33.79] [02:34.52]And I'll carry the name of a man [02:38.13] [02:39.47]That served ten years in prison [02:43.00] [02:44.13]For the girl in the blue velvet band [02:47.93] [02:49.03]And when I get out I'll endeavor [02:52.89] [02:53.76]To live in some other land [02:57.81] [02:58.68]And I'll bid farewell to old Frisco [03:02.75] [03:03.37]And the girl of my blue velvet band