Love this song. Sang it tonight at full volume. Thought I would compile the lyrics for fun. [Gotta love the immediacy of the internet!]
Red River Valley
From this valley they say you are going
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For they say you are taking the sunshine
That has brightened our pathways awhile
CHORUS:
Come and sit by my side, if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
Just remember the Red River Valley
And the cowboy who loved you so true
I’ve been thinking a long time, my darling
Of the sweet words you never would say
Now, alas, must my fond hopes all vanish
For they say you are gong away
Do you think of the valley you’re leaving
O how lonely and how dreary it will be
Oh, and think of the dear heart you’re breaking,
And the grief that you’re causing me
From this valley they say you are going,
When you go, may your true love go, too?
Would you leave me behind abandoned?
When I love no other but you?
I have promised you, darling, that never
Will a word from my lips cause you pain;
And my life, it will be yours forever
If you only will love me again
As you go to your home by the ocean
May you never forget those sweet hours
That we spent in the Red River Valley
And the love we exchanged mid the flowers
They will bury me where you have wandered
Near the hills where the daffodils grow
When you’re gone from the Red River Valley
For I can’t live without you I know