Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RED RIVER VALLEY, by ANONYMOUS First Line: From this valley they say you are going Last Line: Is the prayer of the red river girl Subject(s): Frontier & Pioneer Life | ||||||||
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 awhile. Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley And the girl that has loved you so true. For a long time I have been waiting For those dear words you never would say, But at last all my fond hopes have vanished, For they say you are going away. Won't you think of the valley you're leaving? Oh how lonely, how sad it will be. Oh think of the fond heart you're breaking, And the grief you are causing me to see? From this valley they say you are going; When you go, may your darling go too? Would you leave her behind unprotected When she loves no other but you? I have promised you, darling, that never Will a word from my lips cause you pain; And my life, -- it will be yours forever If you only will love me again. Must the past with its joys be blighted By the future of sorrow and pain, And the vows that was spoken be slighted? Don't you think you can love me again? As you go to your home by the ocean, May you never forget those sweet hours, That we spent in Red River Valley, And the love we exchanged 'mid the flowers. There never could be such a longing In the heart of a pure maiden's breast, That dwells in the heart you are breaking As I wait in my home in the West. And the dark maiden's prayer for her lover To the Spirit that rules over the world; May his pathway be ever in sunshine, Is the prayer of the Red River girl. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PIONEER WOMAN by EVA K. ANGLESBURG LARABELLE; CANTO FIRST by LEVI BISHOP SYMBOL OF OUR COUNTRY by MAUD MCKINSEY BUTLER TO A SILVER BIRCH by BEULAH JACKSON CHARMLEY PIONEER WOMAN by ELIZABETH DE MARY A GOLDEN DREAM by KATHRYN ROESER DUNLAP A PIONEER WOMAN by IRENE WELCH GRISSOM THE WATERS OF LUNG-T'OU (THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER) by HSU LING SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN (2) by ANONYMOUS TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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