The New Blue Velvet Band Lyrics - Hank Snow

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