Marty Robbins
作詞：Am. folk song 作曲：Am. folk song
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From this valley they say you are leaving
We shall miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For you take with you all of the sunshine
That has brightened our pathway a while
Then come 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's loved you so true
From a long time, my darling, I have waited
For the sweet words you never would say
Now at last all my fond hopes have vanished
For they say that you're going away
Then come 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's loved you so true
-- There are also many other variations of this song.
Attached below FYI is some related info from Wikipedia:
Red River Valley is a folk song often sung by the Sons of the Pioneers.
It is still widely believed to be a Texas re-working of a popular
American song of 1896, "In the Bright Mohawk Valley"; however, research
has found that it was known in at least five Canadian provinces before
then. This finding led to speculation that it was composed at the time
of the Wolseley expedition to the northern Red River Valley in Manitoba,
and depicts the sorrow of a local girl or woman as her soldier lover
prepares to return to Ontario.
A version of the song was recorded by Bill Haley and the Four Aces of
Western Swing in the late 1940s.
The song and tune have been used in numerous films. It was particularly
memorable in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath, whose tale of displaced
Oklahomans helps associate it with the southern Red River.
Johnny and the Hurricanes recorded a rock and roll adaptation of the song,
Red River Rock, in 1959. It became a Top 10 hit on the US and UK charts.
A remake of this song by British group Silicon Teens is prominently
featured in the score for the 1987 film Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
Johnny Cash wrote and performed a humorous song entitled "Please Don't Play
Red River Valley" for his 1966 album Everybody Loves a Nut.
Garrison Keillor often performs the song on his popular radio show, A
Prairie Home Companion.