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Subject: Galveston Rose by Hank Snow
Galveston Rose
as performed by Hank Snow 3/4 time
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Down in old southern Texas I wandered on day
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where the tropical sea breezes blow.
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I there fell in love with a flower so rare,
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and they call her the Galveston rose.
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Her heart was as true as her blue smiling eyes,
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and as pure as the lily that grows.
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And the finest of gold could in no way compare
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with the curls of my Galveston rose.
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I grew jealous and falsely accused her one day.
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Said her love I no longer should know.
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I've been true please believe me her little heart cried,
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but I left her, my Galveston rose.
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Little then did I think that some time I'd repay
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and would reap every sorrow and care.
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But as years past along I grew lonely each day
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for the one I had left waiting there.
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So I wrote to my darling and said I was wrong.
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I'll return dear if you'll only wait.
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But soon came a letter my flower had died
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and these are the words that I read.
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Your sweetheart is peacefully sleeping tonight
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in a grave where the white violets grow.
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And enclosed there's a curl as a token of love
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and a note from your Galveston rose.
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I was innocent dear though you left me alone,
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but remember I loved only you.
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And the lock that's enclosed is a curl from the rose
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who'll be waiting in heaven for you.
Billy Evans (bevans@austin.cc.tx.us)
