arranged and adapted by Arlo Guthrie
From this valley they say you are leaving
I will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For they say you are taking the sunshine
That has brightened our pathway awhile
Do you think of the valley you're leaving
O how lonely and how dreary it will be
And do you think of the kind hearts you're breaking
And the sadness you casted on me
CHORUS:
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 one that have loved you so true
I've been thinking a long time, my darling
For those words you never could say
Now, alas, must my fond hopes all vanish
For they say you are going away
CHORUS
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
