Blue Velvet Band - Hasil Adkins

One night while out for a ramble

The hour was just about nine

I met a young madam in Bristol

On the corner of Gilby and Pine

On her face was beauty unmeasured

In the eyes, they seemed to expand

With her hair so luscious, so gracious

(?) blue velvet band

Down the street we strolled together

In my pocket she placed up her hand

She planted the evidence on me

The girl in the blue velvet band

Standing close to the bar

I think I hear the boys calling

For out in the ocean I’ll starve

I’ll be out in a year, I’m leaving

But I carry the name of a man

And a girl in the blue velvet band