Here's a switch: a Tin Pan Alley song that developed
into a folk song. In 1896, songwriter James J. Kerrigan wrote a sentimental piece called
"In the Bright Mohawk Valley." Pioneers heading westward picked up the tune,
simplified the melody, and changed the lamenting lover to a cowboy and the locale
to the Texas panhandle. With its loping four-four beat and open-air charm, "Red
River Valley" sounds as authentic as any folk song that ever sprang from the sagebrush.
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From this valley they say you are going;
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile;
For they say you are taking the sunshine
That brightens our pathway a while.
Oh just think of the valley you're leaving,
Oh how lonely, how sad it will be;
And just think of the fond heart you're breaking,
And the grief you are causing to me.
Come and sit by my side if you love me,
Do not hasten to bid me a dieu;
But remember the Red River Valley
And the girl that has
cowboy that loved you so true.
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Frank "Grandpa" Schober
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