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| From this | valley they say | you are going |
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| We will | miss your bright | eyes and sweet | smile.
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| For they | say you are | taking the | sunshine
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| That has | brightened our | path for a | while. |

   -4   6     -7 -7 -6     6  -6  6      5   6
| Come and | sit by my | side if you | love me. |
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| Do not | hasten to | bid me a | dieu. |
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| But re | member the | Red River | Valley.
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| And the | cowboy who | loved you so | true.
                (girl that has)

Won't you think of the valley you're leaving?
Oh how lonely, how sad it will be?
Oh 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.