Hi Joan,

The lyrics and midi file are in the Digital Tradition database. You can search the database by using the blue box on the top right of this page and the main forum page. I searched for [Red River Valley] - use the square brackets for the complete phrase.

I don't know where you will find the sound sample but someone here will probably know.

Regards,
Helen, in Australia

RED RIVER VALLEY

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 has brightened our path for a while

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 cowboy who loved you so true

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 to me

As you go to your home by the ocean
May you never forget those sweet hours
That we spent in the Red River Valley
And the love we exchanged mid the flowers

by James Kerrigen in 1896
@west @love @cowboy
filename[ REDRIVAL
Tune file : REDRIVAL