Cat. #1113 (MFH #213) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on April 9, 1970
VERSE 1
One night while out for a ramblin'
The hour was just about nine
I met a young maiden from Frisco
On th corner of Cherry an' pine
VERSE 2
On her face she wore beauty
Her eyes were so blue an' so brown
With hair so rich an' so lovely
Th girl in th blue velvet band
VERSE 3
We were walking down th streets, together
In my pocket she placed her hand
She placed th dime-one on me
Th girl in th blue velvet band
VERSE 4
We heerd th sound of th whistle
An' th girl in th new velvet band
She left me to face all her troubles
With a diamond that's worth ten grand
VERSE 5
They sent me to Atlanta for stealing
God knows I'se an innocent man
The guilty one now is dying
Th girl in th blue velvet band
VERSE 6
One night while music was ringing
I was standing close to a bar
I heerd a voice calling
Far out on th ocean lost tide
VERSE 7
In six weeks my sentence is over
I'll carry th name of a man
Who served ten years in prison
For th girl in th blue velvet band
VERSE 8
An' when I get out there
I'm going to live in some other land
I'll bid farewell to ole Frisco
An' th girl in th blue velvet band