From this valley they say you are goin'   I will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile   For they say you are takin' the sunshine   That has brightened our pathway 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 old boy that loved you so true      Far along by my dear I've been waiting   For those words that you never would say   But at last all my fond hopes have vanished   For to day, you are going away      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 old boy that loved you so true      Won't you think of this valley you're leavin'   And how lonely and sad it will be   And think of the heart that you are breakin'   And the grief that you are causing me      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 old boy that loved you so true