Island Red

She was a red-headed German girl abandoned by a rich businessman on the streets of old Galveston

She cam over on an ocean liner and no one ever looked any finer who walked the streets of old Galveston

Island Red she was a beauty they all said
Island Red she always turned their heads

She called herself Island Red they just called her beautiful
That good-looking woman who walked The Strand
All the women said she was shameless
All the men said she was famous
But everyone stopped and watched as she walked by

She always live in the finest hotels and as far as anyone could tell she never once ever ran out of money
Somehow she did what she had to do to buy those fancy clothes and shoes
And keep those tears from here eyes so blue

Island Red she was a beauty they all said
Island Red she always turned their heads

She called herself Island Red they just called her beautiful
That good-looking woman who walked The Strand
All the women said she was shameless
All the men said she was famous
But everyone stopped and watched as she walked by

She was full of mystery and one look at her could cause misery
And fill your dreams with a woman with hair so red

Island Red she was a beauty they all said
Island Red she always turned their heads

Island Red she was a beauty they all said
Island Red she always turned their heads