HANK SNOW - ANSWER TO GALVESTON ROSE Lyrics

I'm writing this answer to the Galveston RoseThe answer to a sad, broken heartMy whole world, it crumbled when I read your last note Saying, that we forever must part.Oh, I realize now you were innocent, dearWhen in anger I said we were throughFor as all the long years have passed slowly awayI find that I'll always love you.There were tears on your cheeks when I bid you goodbyeAnd you pleaded with me not to goThese last years I have paid for the wrong I have doneTo my sweetheart the Galveston Rose.Now, they say you are resting in a lonely churchyardWhere the violets and red roses hideAnd I pray when I die my request they will fillAnd lay me to rest by your side.I have longed and I've yearned for you many a timeAnd wished I could undo the pastAnd hold you again in my arms tenderlyAnd live with you, dear, to the last.Now you've heard my sad answer to a flower so fairOne I loved more than anyone knowsWith God's help I'll repay for the sorrow and tearsThat I brought to my Galveston Rose...