Red River Valley Sheet Music

Red River Valley is believed to have been written by James Kerrigan in 1896. The verses have been changed along with some of the words to adapt it to a cowboy's lament. Depicting the sorrow of a local girl, or woman, as her soldier lover prepares to return to Ontario. Red River Valley is a popular American folk song.

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 cowboy who loved you so true