From this valley they say you are going,We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile,For they say you are taking the sunshineThat brightens our pathway awhile.
Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley And the girl that has loved you so true.
For a long time I have been waitingFor those dear words you never would say,But at last all my fond hopes have vanished,For they say you are going away.
Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley And the girl that has loved you so true.
Won't you think of the valley you're leaving?Oh how lonely, how sad it will be.Oh think of the fond heart you're breaking,And the grief you are causing me to see?
Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley And the girl that has loved you so true.
From this valley they say you are going;When you go, may your darling go too?Would you leave her behind unprotectedWhen she loves no other but you?
Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley And the girl that has loved you so true.
I have promised you, darling, that neverWill a word from my lips cause you pain;And my life, -- it will be yours foreverIf you only will love me again.
Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley And the girl that has loved you so true.
Must the past with its joys be blightedBy the future of sorrow and pain,And the vows that was spoken be slighted?Don't you think you can love me again?
Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley And the girl that has loved you so true.
As you go to your home by the ocean,May you never forget those sweet hours,That we spent in Red River Valley,And the love we exchanged 'mid the flowers.
Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley And the girl that has loved you so true.
There never could be such a longingIn the heart of a pure maiden's breast,That dwells in the heart you are breakingAs I wait in my home in the West.
Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley And the girl that has loved you so true.
And the dark maiden's prayer for her loverTo the Spirit that rules over the world;May his pathway be ever in sunshine,Is the prayer of the Red River girl.
Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley And the girl that has loved you so true.
