Galveston Rose chords by Hank Snow

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Down in old southern Texas I wandered one 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 called 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 in no way could 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 sometimes I'd repay

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And would reap every sorrow and care

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But as years passed 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 wed

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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 a last 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 your rose

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Who'll be waiting in heaven for you