Galveston Rose

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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