Red River Valley - Bill Frisell

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 path for a while

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 one 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 to me

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