Galveston Rose Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Snow
Galveston Rose
Written and Recorded by Hank Snow
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Down in old southern Texas I
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wandered one
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day
Where the
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tropical sea breezes
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blow
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there fell in love with a
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flower so
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rare
And they called her
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the Galveston
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rose
Her heart was as true as her
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blue smiling
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eyes
And as
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pure as the lily that
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grows
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the finest of gold in no
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way could com
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pare
With the curls of
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my Galveston
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rose
I grew
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jealous and falsely
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accused her one day
Said her
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love I no longer should
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know
I'v
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e been true please believe me he
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r little hear
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cried
But I left her
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my Galveston
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rose
Little then did I think that
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sometimes
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repay
And would
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reap every sorrow and
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care
But as
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years passed along I grew
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lonely each
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day
For the one I had
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left waiting
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there
So I
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wrote to my darling and
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said I was wrong
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l return dear if you'll o
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nly
wed
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soon came a letter my
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flower had
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died
And these are the
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words that I
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read
Your sweetheart is peacefully
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sleeping
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night
In a
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grave where the white violets
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grow
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enclosed there's a curl
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a last token o
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love
And a note from
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your Galveston
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Rose
I was
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innocent dear though you
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left me alone
But
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remember I loved only
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you
And the
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lock that's enclosed is
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a curl from you
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r
rose
Who'll be waiting i
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n heaven fo
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r
you
FAQ
Who sang the the song Galveston Rose?
- The song Galveston Rose was sang by Hank Snow.
Who is Hank Snow?
- Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear, baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Through it all, his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers.As a performer of traditional country music, Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music.
