The Blue Velvet Band

歌詞

Written and recorded by Hank Snow Let me tell you a sad but true story Let it be an example to man How I tore down the world of my sweetheart She was known as The Blue Velvet Band On her cheeks were the first splash of nature Her beauty, it seemed to expand Her golden hair hung in tresses Tied back with a blue velvet band But I boarded a tanker for Holland And accused her for loving some man Still down in my heart she kept callin' Come back to your Blue Velvet Band As the sea-gull flew high up above me In the path of the still red moonlight I saw your face and awaked, dear Out here on the ocean tonight I was called to the bridge by our captain His hand held a paper of white This message just flashed o'er the wireless And your darlin' is dying tonight So I boarded a freighter in Cuba To speed me back to her side But the bell in the old country steeple Soon told me my sweetheart had died Heartbroken, I knelt down and kissed her The last time to hold her sweet hand There still, for the ring I had bought her On her head was a blue velvet band