For I can't live without you I know. For the sweet words you never would say. New Christy Minstrels - 1964. They tell me you're going away. 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. "Red River Valley" is a popular folk cowboy song, known in Canada provinces since the 19th century. So remember the valley you're leaving, How lonely and dreary 'twill be; Remember the heart you are breaking. Where I wait in my home in the West. Carol Noonan - 2001. Michael Martin Murphey - 1990. TOMT][Song] I can't find these lyrics to Red River Valley from my childhood anywhere. Though you say it is just for awhile. Until that wonderful day you do. When you go to your home by the ocean, O do not forget the sweet hours, That we spent in the Red River Valley, And be true to your promise to me.
CHORUS: Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu. For you take with you all of the sunshine that lightens my way for a while. Of note: An old tale, touchingly performed, of the city girl returning home and leaving her rough cowboy behind, this a lovely mix of bittersweet sadness and hopeful prayer. Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind. Do you think of he valley you're leaving, How lonesome and dreary 'twill be? Would a word from my lips cause you pain; I have promised to be yours forever. I've got the Red River Valley blues.
I have waited a long time my darling, For those words that your lips ne'er would say, Now the hope from my heart has departed, And I'm told you're going away. G7 C Come and sit by my side if you love me G7 Do not hasten to bid me adieu C C7 F Just remember the Red River Valley G7 C And the cowboy that loved you so true. Red River Valley had spread through five Canadian provinces well before the availability of recording technology or radio. I've been thinking a long time, my darling, Of the sweet words you never would say, But at last all my fond hopes have vanished, For they say you are going away. C G7 C From this valley they say you are leaving G7 We shall miss your bright eyes and sweet smile C C7 F For you take with you all of the sunshine G7 C That has brighten our pathway a while.
Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers (feat. And it was a hard life, with few luxuries; even in the mid-nineteenth century, "The world of work at a fur trade post remained essentially 'pre-industrial'" (Newman, p. 12). We're checking your browser, please wait... Famously known today as Red River Valley, but it was originally known as Bright Sherman Valley. Chorus: Oh, consider awhile, do not leave me, "Cowboy Songs, " 1938, Powder River Jack H. Lee, pp. That will brighten your pathway awhile. It's a long time that I have been waiting. To my surprise, those lyrics didn't appear. The timeless Red River Valley continues to be appreciated by young and old across North America and beyond. To download Classic CountryMP3sand. And the pain you are causing to me?
Speculation on the impetus of the song focuses on the Wolseley Expedition to the northern Red River Valley of Manitoba in 1870. John Garst thinks this to be a good and typical example of the form of the song that is associated with the Red River Valley of the North (Canada) and a romance between and east-coast Canadian soldier and a Metis maiden of Manitoba. I'll be here in the Red River Valley. Then consider well ere you leave us, Do not hasten to bid us adieu, But remember the dear little valley, And the girl that has loved you so true. Arlo Guthrie - 1992.
He thinks it is probably the original setting of the song. Oh how how lonesome and sad it will be. The initial August 1925 recordings were by Carl T. Sprague as "Cowboy Love Song" and then by brothers, Bascom Lamar and Blackwell Lunsford as "Sherman Valley. And at last all my fond hopes have vanished, For they tell me you are going away. Under the title "Red River Rock) - 1963. Ilight On The Trail (Missing Lyrics). A roaming cowboy's comin' home tonight. But my darling you know I'll be grieving. When you're gone from the Red River Valley. Oh they say from this valley you're going, We shall miss your sweet face and bright smile, You will take with you all the sunshine.
I'm gonna stay on that Valley ranch. Red River Valley lyrics – a folk song and cowboy music standard. My kid was reading a book that mentioned the song, so I pulled it up on YouTube. As you go to your home by the ocean. Of the sweet words you never would say, Now alas, must my fond hopes all vanish.
Such a young man could, of course, have married the girl — but, if he had any social standing at home, he would likely have been shunned for marrying beneath him. Red River Valley tells the tale of a Metis local woman worried about her lover, a soldier preparing to return to the East. So long to the red river valley. Based on anecdotal evidence, it is speculated that Red River Valley was composed around 1870 during the Wolseley Expedition. In that Red River Valley far away. This fits with her version. Gonna climb those Valley hills, practice cowboy skills. We'll miss you so, And watch and wait. I rode away for my good fortune to find. The fair maiden prays for her lover. Thus we can claim it as a song of our region. Words and music by James J. Kerrigan; New York: Howley, Haviland & Co. As there is in the heart that is breaking.
The Willis Brothers - 1962. What's more, the song is well-known in the South, with references to the Red River of Texas. In an article in Western Folklore #23 (1964) entitled "The Red River Valley Re-Examined, " she cited evidence that the Red River involved was the Red River of the North, and that the song predated Kerrigan. The song appears in the 1927 Carl Sanburg book, American Songbag, and is listed in the Western Writers of America Top 100 Western Songs. And my life, it will be yours forever. And there is a Minnesota version. That has brightened my pathway for awhile. And the vows that were spoken be slighted. RED RIVER VALLEY Powder River Jack H. Lee. Helena Vondrácková - 1964. It is much less common in northern collections.
Written by: Carl Cotner. The version included here appeared in the 1936 Gene Autry movie of the same name. Oh how lonely and how dreary it will be! IN THE BRIGHT MOHAWK VALLEY. As recorded by the ANDREWS SISTERS and the McGUIRE SISTERS: Please come back to the Red River Valley. Dick Curless - 1958.