The Galveston Rose-Hank Snow

[ti:The Galveston Rose] [ar:Hank Snow] [al:We'll Never Say Goodbye: The M] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Galveston Rose - Hank Snow [00:05.95]Down in old southern Texas [00:08.00] [00:08.81]I wandered one day [00:10.94] [00:11.93]Where the tropical sea breezes blow [00:15.56] [00:17.80]I there fell in love with a flower [00:21.42] [00:22.23]So rare [00:22.85] [00:23.73]And they called her the Galveston rose [00:27.11] [00:29.92]Her heart was as true [00:31.86] [00:32.48]As her blue smiling eyes [00:34.55] [00:35.78]And as fair as the lily that grows [00:39.41] [00:41.72]And the finest of gold [00:43.78] [00:44.46]In no way could compare [00:46.46] [00:47.64]With the curls of my Galveston rose [00:51.26] [00:53.69]I grew jealous and falsely [00:55.70] [00:56.32]Accused her one day [00:58.62] [00:59.63]Said her love I no longer [01:01.81] [01:02.87]Should know [01:03.50] [01:05.30]I've been true please believe me [01:07.86] [01:08.73]Her little heart cried [01:10.54] [01:11.73]But I left her my Galveston rose [01:15.17] [01:32.40]Little then did I think [01:35.38]That sometimes I'd repay [01:37.63] [01:38.75]And would reap every sorrow and care [01:42.12] [01:44.49]But as years passed along [01:46.85] [01:47.36]I grew lonely each day [01:49.61] [01:50.60]For the one I had left waiting there [01:54.17] [01:56.54]So I wrote to my darling [01:58.55] [01:59.48]And said I was wrong [02:01.30] [02:02.30]I'll return dear if you only wed [02:05.80] [02:08.42]But soon came a letter my flower had died [02:13.23] [02:14.34]And these are the words that I read [02:18.03] [02:20.22]Your sweetheart is peacefully sleeping tonight [02:24.77] [02:26.21]In a grave where the white violets grow [02:30.07] [02:32.07]And enclosed [02:32.76] [02:34.13]There a curl a last token of love [02:37.13] [02:37.99]And a note from your Galveston Rose [02:41.43] [02:44.05]I was innocent dear [02:46.07] [02:46.77]Though you left me alone [02:48.82] [02:50.14]But remember I loved only you [02:53.88] [02:56.00]And the lock that enclosed [02:58.02] [02:58.89]Is a curl from your rose [03:01.35] [03:02.23]Who'll be waiting in heaven for you