Karen Dahlstrom Galena lyrics

Oh you should have seen her
Raw and wild as they came
Promising wealth without measure
If only she would be tamed

We broke our backs to charm her
Gave her our blood and our bones
Until we won her gracious favor
In a bed among the stones

Play the concertina
Lay your burden down
Remember when days were sweeter
And raise a glass to Galena

Oh you should have seen her
Dressed in her finery
Shining bright as any
Jewel of the Owyhee

We traded our picks for walking canes
Forgot wives we left on the farm
And stole down tiger alleyways
With girls from the line on our arm


She made us a name when we staked our claim
In her arms we grew up so fast
How could we know that the live we loved so
Wasn't meant to last

Oh you should have seen her
When we'd taken all she could give
The bounty we had won from her
We thought we'd never outlive

A penny curiosity
Old bones in a pinewood vale
No one to say what she'd meant to be
And no one to tell her tale

Play the concertina
Lay your burden down
Remember when days were sweeter
And say a prayer for Galena

Oh how we loved you, Galena