Velvet Red

Velvet red, velvet red
 He'd come callin', velvet red
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 There was a narrow road to that old foot path
 Where the briar tangles into the musky dawn
 And that old abandoned cabin
 Was the perfect place for forbidden love to hide
 She was the mayor's eldest daughter
 She had a taste for the fruit of the vine
 And he was a poor boy down in that holler
 And made his living on his homemade wine
 Velvet red, velvet red
 He'd come callin', velvet red
 Velvet red, velvet red
 She'd come runnin', velvet red
 Don't you know their love grew like the wild flowers do?
 She'd start to miss him with an awful thirst
 And when that sun went down, she'd go sneakin' out
 And he'd be waitin', callin' out to her
 Velvet red, velvet red
 Makin' love on velvet red
 Velvet red, velvet red
 They were drunk on velvet red
 There was a child born twenty years ago
 To a mother who never wed
 And though she gave no name for the father
 She called her daughter Little Velvet Red
 Velvet Red, Velvet Red
 Mama calls me Velvet Red
 Velvet Red (Velvet Red), Velvet Red (Velvet Red)
 My mama calls me Velvet Red