Red River Valley

Red River Valley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ALVDLiVWNw&feature=channel

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 loves you so true.

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.

Do you think of the valley you're leaving,
O how lonely and how sad it will be,
Do you 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.

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 going away.

I have promised you darling that never,
Will a word from my lips cause you pain,
And my life it will be yours forever,
If you only will love me again.

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.

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.

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 loves you so true.