Then come sit by my side if you love me, do not hasten to bid me adieu. Just remember that Red River Valley, and the cowboy that loved you so true. Well, they tell me, my dear, that you’re going, I will miss your bright eyes and your smile, for with you, you are taking the sunshine, that has brightened my life for a while. When you go to your home by the ocean, may you never forget those sweet hourss, that we spent in that Red River Valley, and the love we exchanged 'neath the flowers. I have waited a long time, my darling, for those words that you never would say. And at last, oh, my poor heart is breaking, for they tell me you're going away.