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Black Velvet Band

Tune: Black Velvet Band

’Twas in a government office
My workstation humming its sound
A vision appeared before me
The FAS making her round.

Chorus:   Her eyes they shone like diamonds
           I thought her the queen of the land
                 And her hair that hung down to her shoulders
                   Was tied with a black velvet band.

She put me on a committee
She told me what I must do
In the teeth of common-sense reason
I steadfastly vowed to be true.

Chorus

The committee broke up in disaster
A scapegoat had to be found
She blamed it all on the deadwood
The lapdog right out of the pound.

Chorus

So now I’m out on the scrap heap
Downsized in more ways than one
And all because of a woman
Whose smile gets everything done.

Chorus

Verses: David Walker
Chorus: Traditional
Note: FAS – First Assistant Secretary (a senior level in the Senior Executive Service)

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