Hank Snow - The Blue Velvet Band - 20 Great Tracks (2007) by Hank Snow (보컬) on maniadb.com

Tonight I'm blue for old Hawaii my weary soul is lonesome too
You left me blue and broken hearted I've got them old Hawaii blues
(Your big blue eyes and dark brown curls dear made skies of grey turn into blue
But now you've gone and lost forever I've got them old Hawaii blues)
[ guitar ]
You left me down where drowsy waters roll on the shores of paradise
You've had your way dear and we have parted for you old pal I dream tonight
Perhaps some day your mind will wander back to the one who loves you true
And I will still for you be waiting I've got them old Hawaii blues

If you listen a story I'll tell you,
Of a girl who once lived in this land;
A girl who was once my sweetheart,
She was know as The Blue Velvet Band.

On her cheeks was the first flush of nature,
Her beauty, it 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 I told her I'd never
Come back to my old home again.

Five years on the wide open spaces
Was all that 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 down dreaming
Of home and poor mother and dad,
Like a flash by my bedside was standing
The form of my Blue Velvet Band.

I started next day for my darling,
Just to go back and make her my bride;
But as I reached the old country depot,
They told my my sweet heart has died.

They laid her to rest in the churchyard,
Midst the sweet summer flowers of the land;
On her finger the ring I had bought her,
On her head was a blue velvet band.

One dark and stormy night while riding down the line;
Railroad Bill, the engineer said, "Boy, we'll have to fly!"
We've got to be on time, to meet old Number Four.
So sling the coal, we'll make it, boy, or never ride no more.

While in the rear boxcar, a lonely hobo lay,
Heading for his mother dear, who on her death-bed lay;
He raised a weary hand, to brush away a tear,
Not knowing his last drive was run, and Fate was drawing near.

When through the darkened night, a headlight bright did gleam,
O'er the roar of rolling wheels, a whistle load did scream;
As down around the curve, the mighty train did roar,
With black smoke rolling from the stack, came Flyer Number Four.

Then came an awful crash! Their last long drive was run,
On the track the hobo lay, his days of life were done;
And as the golden sun, sank slowly to the west,
His dear old mother gently smiled, and closed her eyes in death.

Words & Music by C.E. "Hank" Snow

There's a heart that is broken today
There is someone who waits far away
One who's kneeling in prayer as she waits for me there
Asking that I might comeback some day.
Her hands are all wrinkled with care
The gold has all gone from her hair
How I long to caress her my mother God bless her
She's a rose from the garden of prayer.

When I was a boy at her knee
She was more than a mother to me
As I gaze into space I can see her sweet face
As I stood by her old rocking chair.
When cares would impress on my brow
Or someone would turn me away
She would always be near me to comfort and cheer me
She's a rose from the garden of prayer.

So I'm leaving and heading that way
To a mother so feeble and grey
Where she waits there alone in our Heaven called home
By the window she's watching for me.
Soon my sorrows and troubles will end
Where all nature is blooming so fair
And I'll rest in the arms of the one that is true
She' my rose from the garden of prayer.

On an ocean of dreams I have wandered it seems
Just wanderin' wanderin' on
Since I found the note sweetheart that you wrote
Just saying that you had really gone

Will the pretty bird sing will the roses in the spring
Still blossom when they find you have gone
Will the old pals be true or will they all leave me too
Just wanderin' wanderin' on
[ fiddle ]
Will the little brook still play as it winds along its way
Will the stars keep on shinin' tough you've gone
Will they find their way to you will they tell you that I'm blue
Or will they too leave me wanderin' on
Will the pretty bird sing...
[ guitar ]
Though you've left me and gone I'll keep wanderin' on
Wanderin' down life's way
And beneath the lovely blue I may wander back to you
And my dreams will all come true someday

Then the pretty birds will sing how the happiness they'll bring
And the roses too will bloom sweet and fair
And a little star on high will shine for you and I
If you promise my darlin' you'll be there

Written by Walker - Stuart - Newman
Recorded by Hank Snow

Deep within this broken heart of mine,
All I find is memories of you;
And I'll never get you from my mind,
Can't seem to realize, our love was through.

Now there's all my future plans to rearrange,
And I don't know how to make the change;
For within this broken heart of mine,
All I find is memories of you

Darlin' it was just a year ago;
You said I'd soon get over lovin' you.
Now I'm writing, just to let you know;
You were wrong, now please tell me what to do.

Now there's all my future plans to rearrange,
And I don't know how to make the change;
For within this broken heart of mine,
All I find is memories of you

Though we said goodbye and drifted far apart
I knew that we'd meet again
Though you left my arms you never left my heart
I knew that we'd meet again

CHORUS:
Lover's lane was not the same with someone new
How could lover's lane be the same without you
Here we are together prayers were not in vain
I knew that we'd meet again

SPOKEN:
One word was spoken and our two hearts, they were broken
Our love, it had all gone astray
That old pride drew a curtain but honey,
You know, I was certain
That we'd meet again some sunny day

True love may sever though it will ever live on in memory
And though honey we were parted and so broken hearted
I knew someday you'd come back to me

CHORUS:
Lover's lane was not the same with someone new
How could lover's lane be the same without you
Here we are together prayers were not in vain
I knew that we'd meet again

The postman dropped a letter in my door
The address wasn't plain, but I could see
It had traveled far across the great Pacific
From my Filipino Rose across the sea

The writing from her tremblin' hand was blurred
The paper, it was badly stained with tears
It read, They tell me you have wed another
After I have longed and waited all these years

(Chorus)
But I'm still prayin' that the trade winds
Send you sailin' across the blue
In my harbor I've dreamed you'll anchor
Where your lonely Filipino waits for you



I promised her that I'd return some day
I told her she'd won my heart and hand
I told her a lie, 'cause I was lonely
Far from home, a stranger in that foreign land

She wrote, I've watched the driftwood float on by
I've watched the sea roll on its weary way
I've watched the silver sails out on the ocean
Hopin' you might return to me someday

The chains of love may never set you free
But thru the years, as mem'ries fonder grow
This broken heart will always wait for you, dear
It was signed, Your lonely Filipino Rose

(Repeat Chorus)

Broken hearted and so sad golden curls all wet with tears
Twas a picture of sorrow to see
Kneeling close to the side of his pal and only pride
A little lad these words he told me

He was such a lovely doggie and to me he was such fun
But today as we played by the way
A drunken man got mad at him because he barked in joy
He beat him and he's dying here today

Will you call the doctor please and tell him if he comes right now
He'll save my precious buddy cause I'll pray
Then he stroked the fluffy head but his little pal was dead
Just a shiver and he slowly passed away

He didn't know his dog had died so I told him as he cried
Come with me son we'll get that doctor right away
I can't leave him here alone I must get my doggie home
So while you're gone sir I'll just kneel beside him here and I'll pray
But when I returned he had his little pal upon his knee
And the teardrops they were blinding his big blue eyes
You're too late sir my doggie's dead and no help can save him now
But I'll meet my precious buddy up in the sky

By a tiny narrow grave where the willows sadly wave
There in grave on a shingle of pine
Little buddy rest in peace God will watch you through the years
Cause I told him in my prayers that you were mine

Listen folks and I will tell a funny story
You may think it sad but I was in my glory
'Twas a cellar I crept in, cobwebs brushing by my chin
On the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin

As my hand fell on the jug I had to snicker
But when I started for the door I went much quicker
For just up above my head someone jumped right out of bed
On the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin

As I left that cellar believe me, I was liftin'
And the hops from one arm to the other shiftin'
Then I stopped and hauled the plug, sat there till I drained the jug
Had my mind all set, no spare drops I was missin'

Then on my feet I thought I was, but wasn't
And for roads, I guess I saw about a dozen
When I reached the old porch door I went smack-o on the floor
On the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin



I just made one step and landed in the coal box
Then from off the mantle came a Big Ben 'larm clock
But I finally got upstairs after passing seven bears
'Twas the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin

By my bedroom door an owl stood taking tickets
Then the monkey stood before me baking biscuits
But the funniest sight of all was two roosters playing ball
On the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin

I saw mice as big as horses washing dishes
As an ape came in the door dressed up in britches
Then the floor fell on my head as I tried to get in bed
'Twas the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin

Well, I woke next morning guess 'twas closer ev'nin'
And my room was certainly in an awful shape
Someone else had took my head and left an elephant's there instead
On the morning after drinking Sammy's gin

Travelling the lonely roads of sorrow heartaches are all I've ever known
Time has turned a million pages fate has dealt and I'm alone

But somewhere along life's highway from your new love you may part
And you will reap the pains my darling that go with a broken heart

The little stars all twinkled brighter the moon smiled gaily from the blue.
The flowers seemed to spread more beauty oh so glad cause I met you
But somewhere along life's highway...

Though you've made my life a failure I have never been untrue.
And these lonely years have wasted all because my love for you
But somewhere along life's highway...

You played your game to leave me darling your game I did not understand
So you dealt the cards against me and I played the losing hand
But somewhere along life's highway...

I woke up this mornin’ in a terrible mood,
You talk about a woman treatin’ a good man rude
She left me talkin’ to myself just a gazin’ at that mean old wall.
She had another daddy waitin’ down at the end of the hall.

She changes with the weather like the leaves I recall,
She blossoms in the spring but then she’s gone in the fall,
A two timin’ woman with a heart of solid stone.
She tells me that she loves me but her heart’s a little under grown.

She said she’d never leave me but she got that urge to roam,
She drifts around the country like a stream-boat on the foam,
Never changes course just travels along that same old way.
I hope she goes a-drift and rolls along back home some day.

Now, if I ever find her, gonna chain her to the floor,
Then tell her: Now sit there woman ‘cause you ain’t leavin’ no more,
I’m gonna tame you woman till you’re eatin’ from my hand.
It ain’t that I don’t love you, honey it’s just to make you understand.