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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 adieu
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But remember 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,
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do not hasten to bid me adieu
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But remember 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 exchanged mid the flowers

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Come and sit by my side if you love me,
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do not hasten to bid me adieu
      A                    D
But remember the Red River Valley,
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and the cowboy who loved you so true