1. 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.
Refrain: 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 that loved you so
true.
2. 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 going away.
Refrain:
3. Do
you think of the valley you're leaving? O how loneley and how
dreary it will be. Do you think of the kind hearts you're
breaking? And the pain you are causing to me?
Refrain:
4. 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.
