Girl in the blue velvet band
One evening while out on a ramble The hour was just about nine I met a young maiden in Frisco On the corner of Kearny and Pine On her face there was beauty of nature Her eyes just seemed to expand Her hair was so rich and so brilliant Entwined in a blue velvet band We stolled 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 I heard the scream of the siren And the girl in the blue evlvet band She left me to face all my trouble With a diamond that was worth ten grand They sent me to San Quentin for stealing God knows I'm an innocent man The guilty one now she is dying The girl in the blue velvet band Last night when bed-time was nearing I was standing there close to the bars I fancied I heard a voice calling Far out in the ocean of stars I'll be out in a week and I'm leaving But I'll carry the name of a man That has spent ten years in prison For the girl in the blue velvet band But when I get out I'll endeavor To live in some other new land I'll bid farewell to old Frisco And the girl in the blue velvet band