Mac Pro with Lion had hard drive replaced, left me with 10.5

My late 2007 Mac Pro with Lion had hard drive replaced by Genius Bar at Short Pump, VA, Apple Store. They left me with 10.5, I have gotten back to 10.6.8 but how can I get back to Lion? Any tips? On-line advice to hold OPTION key down while clicking "purchases" doesn't work. The 2007 Mac Pro can't take Mountain Lion. Am I stuck with Snow Leopard?

Don't know what OS I was at when I saw the purchase, but there was no install button and the layout of the app store was weird. I had over 100 apps there for my ipad, and it let me download them all, but not Lion. Now that I am finally up to 10.6.8, I only see 4 apps, not Lion. One (iphoto) ironically says "requires OS X v10.7". Where is Lion now? It is not there in my purchased list, whether I hold "option" while pressing "purchases" or not.

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