Girl In The Blue Velvet Band Lyrics - Bill Monroe

One night while out for a ramble 

The hour was just about nine 

I met a young maiden in Frisco 

On the corner of Geary and Pine 

On her face, there was beauty of nature 

And her eyes just seemed to expand 

With hair so rich and so brilliant 

Entwined in a blue velvet band 

We strolled down the street together 

In my pocket, she placed her small hand 

She planted the evidence on me 

The girl in the blue velvet band 

Well, I heard the scream of the siren 

And the girl in the blue velvet band 

She left me to face all the trouble 

What a diamond that was worth ten grand 

Well, at night when bed-time was ringin' 

Standing close to the bar 

I fancied I heard a voice calling 

Far out on the ocean of stars 

They sent me to San Quentin for stealing 

God knows I'm an innocent man 

But the guilty one, now she lies dying 

The girl in the blue velvet band 

Well, I'll be out in a year and I'm leaving 

And I'll carry the name of a man 

That served ten years in prison 

For the girl in the blue velvet band