The Red River Valley
(source: "Songs for Canadian Girl Guides", Girl
Guides of Canada, 1981.)
- 'Tis a long time that I have been waiting
- For the words that you never would say,
- But today, my last hope, it has vanished
- For they say you are going away.
Chorus:
- 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 that has loved you so true.
- From our plains, I knew you would be going.
- I shall miss your bright eyes and your smile,
- For from me, you are taking the sunshine
- That has brightened my path for awhile.
Often think of the Red River Valley,
- Very lonely and sad shall I be.
- Do remember the heart you are breaking.
- Promise you will be faithful to me.
When you sail far across the wide ocean,
- May you never forget those bright hours
- That we spent on the banks of the river
- In the evening among prairie flowers.