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 And do you think of the kind hearts you’re breaking
And the pain you are causing to me CHORUS
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
CHORUS
My brother, sister, and some cousins and I sang this at a program for my grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. They were homesteaders in Saskatchewan - both of the families moved to Saskatchewan in 1906 and established wheat farms. It was a tough life.
Its red river valley definitely. I love the mandolin work . This is very similar to old time music which is considered old time music. I understand that Woody played music this way because that was the way hillbilly/country style was rendered then and today.
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
Well they tell me my dear that your going.
I will miss your bight eyes and your smile.
For with you,are taking the sunshine,
That has brightened my life for a while
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
Solo
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
Come and sit by my side if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
Just remember that Red River Valley
And the cowboy who loved you so true
I have waited along time my darling
For those words you never would say
Till at last my poor heart is breaking
For they tell me your going away.
Chorus.
My grade school music teacher taught us to sing this song. When I grew older, I realized the sadness the classic American odes conveyed. Songs like this one and like "You are my Sunshine". The music of a kind folk.
Remember the scene in "The Grapes of Wrath", where Ma Joad and Tom Joad danced to this? Lovely scene. Lovely movie. Lovely song. Lovely rendition. Thank you.