Galveston Rose lyrics and chords

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Galveston Rose
Written and recorded 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

     G7                      C
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
                G7             C
And a note from your Galveston Rose

      G7                       C
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

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