Red River Valley - Cassandra Wilson

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

Which 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 girl who has loved you so true

Won’t you think of the valley that you’re leaving

Oh how lonely, and sad it will be?

Oh think of the fond heart you are breaking

And the grief you are causing to me

I have promised you darling that never

Would word from my lips cause you pain

And my life it will be lost forever

If you’ll only would love me again

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 girl who has loved you so true