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Verse:

          F                       Bb
From this valley they say you are going
        F                               C7
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
F                        F7      Bb
For they say you are taking the sunshine
         F              C7        F
That has brightened our pathways awhile

Chorus:

F                               Bb
Come and sit by my side, if you love me
       F                  C7
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
      F               F7    Bb
Just remember the Red River Valley
         F               C7  F  Bb      F
And the cowboy who loved you so true

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 gong away

Do you think of the valley you're leaving
O how lonely and how dreary it will be
And do you think of the kind hearts you're breaking
And the pain you are causing to me


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