Blue Velvet Band

If you listen, a story, I'll tell you
Of a girl who once live in this land
Of a girl who once was my sweetheart
She was known as the Blue Velvet Band

On her cheeks was the first flush of nature
Her beauty had seemed to expand
Her hair hung down in long tresses
Tied back with a blue velvet band

I can still see those tears as we parted
Of my heart-broken Blue Velvet Band
As I left her, I promised I would never
Come back to the old home again

Five years in those wide open spaces
Was more than my poor heart could stand
Every night, as I lay on my pillow
I would dream of my Blue Velvet Band

Then one night, as I lay a-dreaming
Just thinking of Mother and Dad
Like a flash, by my bedside was standing
The form of my Blue Velvet Band

I started next day for the homestead
Just to go back and make her my bride
But when I reached the old countrypeople
They told me my true love had died

Oh, they laid her to rest in the churchyard
'Mid the sweet-smelling flowers of the land
On her finger was the ring I had bought her
On her head was that blue velvet band