hank snow - Blue Velvet Band

[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:06.66]If you listen a story I'll tell you [00:11.45]Of a girl who once lived in this land [00:16.40]A girl who once was my sweetheart [00:21.26]She was known as the Blue Velvet Band [00:26.33]On her cheeks was the first flush of nature [00:31.27]Her beauty it seemed to expand [00:36.04]Her hair hung down in long tresses [00:41.18]Tied back with a blue velvet band [00:45.62]I can still see those tears as we parted [00:50.75]Of my heart broken blue velvet band [00:55.41]As I left her I told her [00:58.42]I'll never come back to my home again [01:05.11]Five years in the wide open spaces [01:09.92]Was all that my poor heart could stand [01:14.37]Every night as I lay on my pillow [01:19.71]I would dream of my Blue Velvet Band [01:24.80]But Then one night as I lay down dreaming [01:29.45]Of home and poor mother and dad [01:34.02]Like a flash by my bedside was standing [01:38.85]The form of my Blue Velvet Band [01:43.97]I started next day for my darling [01:48.47]To go back and make her my bride [01:53.26]But as I reached the old country depot [01:58.01]They told me my sweetheart had died [02:03.02]They laid her to rest in the churchyard [02:07.51]Midst the sweet summer flowers of the land [02:12.43]On her finger was the ring I had bought her [02:17.11]On her head was a blue velvet band