edgar - Black Velvet


edgar
Jul 07, 2025 02:28pm
<p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/BHTN/04a4938c46_M7WO_media.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p>This song is about Elvis Presley. Some lyric analysis:</p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">Jimmie Rodgers on the Victrola up high" - Jimmie Rodgers, a country music pioneer from Elvis' home state of Mississippi, influencing Elvis (the baby) at an early age. The Victrola is the record player, played loudly.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">Mama's dancin' with baby on her shoulder" - Gladys Presley dancing with the infant Elvis.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">"Black velvet and that little boy's smile" - You can buy a black velvet Elvis painting at any respectable yard sale. Early female fans were drawn to his </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">“Little Boy Smile</span></p>