From this valley they say you are going
I will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For they say you are taking the sunshine
That has brightened our pathway awhile
From this valley they say your are going
I will miss your sweet face and your smile
Just because you are weary and tired
You are changing your range for awhile
Come and sit by my side 'ere you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
But remember the Red River Valley
And the cowboy that loves you so true
I've been waiting a long time my darling
For the sweet words you never would say
Now at last all my fond hopes have vanished
For they say you are going away
O there never could be such a longing
In the heart of a poor cowboy's breast
That now dwell in the heart you are breaking
As I wait in my home in the west
Do you think of the valley you're leaving?
O how lonely and drear it will be
Do you think of the kind heart you're breaking
And the pain you are causing to me?
I have promised you darling that never
Shall the words from my lips cause you pain
And my life is still your's forever
If you only will love me again
Must the past with it's joys be blighted
By the future of sorrow and pain
And the vows that were spoken be slighted
Don't you think, you can love me again?
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