From this valley they say you are going
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For they say you're taking the sunshine
That has brightened our pathways a while

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

I've been thinking a long time, my darlin'
Of the sweet words you never would say
Now at last my fond hopes all vanished
For they say you're going away

Do you think of the valley you're leavin'
Oh how lonely and dreary it will be
And do you think of the fond heart you're breakin'
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

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