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.

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.

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 DID SAY.

NOW, ALAS, MUST MY FOND HOPES ALL VANISH?

FOR THEY SAY YOU ARE GOING AWAY.

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.

DO YOU THINK OF THE VALLEY YOU'RE LEAVING?

OH, HOW LONELY AND DREARY IT WILL BE.

DO YOU THINK OF THE KIND HEARTS YOU'RE BREAKING?

AND THE PAIN YOU ARE CAUSING TO ME?

THEY WILL BURY ME WHERE YOU HAVE WANDERED,

NEAR THE HILLS WHERE THE DAFFODILLS GROW.

WHEN YOU'RE GONE FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY,

FOR I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU, I KNOW.

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.

FOR THE YEAR 2000, WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT "POTPOURRI OF MUSIC" WITH THE "SURFERS CHOICE" AWARD. THE WEB PAGE "RED RIVER VALLEY" WON THIS AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS!

"RED RIVER VALLEY" ORGINATED AMONG THE BRITISH TROOPS WHO CAME TO MANITOBA THROUGH THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. IT WAS A MILIATRY SONG.

IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY JAMES KERRIGAN IN 1896. VERSES HAVE BEEN CHANGED ALONG WITH SOME OF

THE WORDS TO ADAPT IT TO A

COWBOY'S DREAM AND LAMENT.

MANY AREAS CLAIM TO BE THE ACTUAL RED RIVER VALLEY. AND THERE ACTUALLY ARE PLACES, TOWNS AND RIVERS IN THOSE AREAS NAMED RED RIVER VALLEY.

EG: KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, NEW MEXICO, NORTH DAKOTA, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, TEXAS, AND EVEN VIETNAM!