Red River Valley

Mel O'Joe

by James Kerrigen 1896

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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

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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

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Won't you	think of the	valley you're	leaving,

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oh, how lonely, how sad it will	be?

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Oh,	think of the	fond heart you're	breaking,

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and the	grief you are	causing to	me

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Come and	sit by my	side if you	love me,

	G
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

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As you	go to your	home by the	ocean,

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may you never forget those sweet	hours

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That we	spent in the	Red River	Valley,

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and the	love we ex	changed mid the	flowers

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Come and	sit by my	side if you	love me,

	G
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