One night while out for a ramble The hour was just about 9 I met a young Maiden in Frisco On the corner of gleary and Pine On her face there was beauty of nature And her eyes they seem to expand With hair so rich and so brilliant Entwined in a blue velvet band We strolled 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 sirens And the girl in the blue velvet band She left me to face all the trouble For a diamond that's worth 10 grand At night when the bedtime was ringing Standing close to the bar I fancy I heard a voice calling From Out on the Ocean so far They sent me to San Quentin for stealing God knows I'm an innocent man But the guilty one, now she lies dying The girl in the blue velvet band Well I'll be out in a year and I'm leaving And I'll carry the name of a man That served 10 years in prison For the girl in the blue velvet band And when I get out I'll Endeavor To live in some other land And I'll Bid Farewell to Old Frisco And the girl in the blue velvet band