FROM THIS VALLEY THEY SAY YOU ARE LEAVING
WE WILL MISS YOUR BRIGHT EYES
AND SWEET SMILE
FOR YOU TAKE WITH YOU ALL OF THE SUNSHINE
THAT HAS BRIGHTENED OUR PATHWAYS AWHILE

THEN 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

FOR A LONG TIME, MY DARLING, I'VE WAITED
FOR THE SWEET WORDS YOU NEVER WOULD SAY
NOW, ALAS,MUST MY FOND HOPES ALL VANISH
FOR THEY SAY YOU ARE GOING AWAY

DO YOU THINK OF THE VALLEY YOU'RE LEAVING
O HOW LONELY AND 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 YOUI KNOW

THEN 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