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"Red River Valley" is a folk song and cowboy music standard of uncertain origins that has gone by different names (such as "Cowboy Love Song", "Bright Sherman Valley", "Bright Laurel Valley", "In the Bright Mohawk Valley", and "Bright Little Valley"), depending on where it has been sung. It is listed as Roud Folk Song Index 756 and by Edith Fowke as FO 13. It is recognizable by its chorus (with several variations):

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 pathway a while.

So come sit by my side if you love me.
Do not hasten to bid me adieu.
Just remember the Red River Valley,
And the cowboy that has loved you so true.

"Red River Valley"
Single by Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett
B-side"When You Wore a Tulip"
Writtenc. 1890s
ReleasedJanuary 1928 (1928-01)
RecordedNovember 3, 1927 (1927-11-03)[1]
StudioAtlanta, Georgia
GenreCanadian folk music, Country, Western
Length2:54
LabelColumbia 15206
Songwriter(s)Traditional

Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time, ranked #10.[2]


Lyrics and chords


Wikiversity offers more help singing this song[3]


Origins


According to Canadian folklorist Edith Fowke, there is anecdotal evidence that the song was known in at least five Canadian provinces before 1896.[4] This finding led to speculation that the song was composed at the time of the 1870 Wolseley Expedition to Manitoba's northern Red River Valley. It expresses the sorrow of a local woman (possibly a Métis) as her soldier lover prepares to return to the east.[5]

The earliest known written manuscript of the lyrics, titled "The Red River Valley",[6] bears the notations "Nemaha 1879" and "Harlan 1885."[7] Nemaha and Harlan are the names of counties in Nebraska, and are also the names of towns in Iowa.

The song appears in sheet music, titled "In the Bright Mohawk Valley", printed in New York in 1896 with James J. Kerrigan as the writer.[8] The tune and lyrics were collected and published in Carl Sandburg's 1927 American Songbag.[9]

In 1925, Carl T. Sprague, an early singing cowboy from Texas, recorded it as "Cowboy Love Song" (Victor 20067, August 5, 1925), but it was fellow Texan Jules Verne Allen's 1929 "Cowboy's Love Song" (Victor 40167, March 28, 1929), that gave the song its greatest popularity. Allen himself thought the song was from Pennsylvania, perhaps brought over from Europe.[10][dubious ]

Another important recording in this song's history was the 1927 Columbia Records master (15206-D) performed by Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett, under the actual title of "Red River Valley". This was the very first commercially available recording of this song under its most familiar title, and was the inspiration for many of the recordings that followed.[11]

Jimmie Rodgers wrote new lyrics titled "Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea", and recorded by himself in 1928.


Recordings


"Red River Valley" has also been recorded by Roy Acuff, Arlo Guthrie, Lynn Anderson, the Andrews Sisters, Eddy Arnold, Moe Bandy, Suzy Bogguss, Johnny Bond, Boxcar Willie, Elton Britt, John Darnielle, Foster & Allen, Larry Groce, the McGuire Sisters, the Mills Brothers, Michael Martin Murphey, Johnnie Ray, Riders in the Sky, Riders of the Purple Sage, Tex Ritter, Marty Robbins, Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Rogers, Pete Seeger, the Sons of the Pioneers, Tex Morton, Billy Walker, Roger Whittaker, Cassandra Wilson, Glenn Yarbrough, James McMurtry and George Strait.



Film appearances



TV appearances


1962-63, Sung by Ken Curtis on his TV series, Ripcord, with Harry Carey Jr. playing guitar. It was on one of two guest appearances Carey made on the show (one in 1962, the other in 1963).


Other cultural references


Come and sit by my side at the briefing,
We will sit there and tickle the beads,
Then we'll head for the Red River Valley,
And today I'll be flying Teak lead,

To the valley he said we are flying,
With a Thud of the plane to the earth,
Many jockeys have flown to the valley,
And a number have never returned


Sources



References


  1. "Columbia matrix W145091. Red River Valley / Hugh Cross ; Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  2. Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
  3. Chords from irish-folk-songs.com
  4. Fowke, Edith (1964). "'The Red River Valley' Re-Examined". Western Folklore. 23 (3): 163–171. doi:10.2307/1498900. JSTOR 1498900.
  5. H. Stewart Hendrickson (Research Professor Emeritus, University of Washington), Red River Valley (Retrieved 23 March 2014)
  6. The Red River Valley, Edwin Ford Piper Collection, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.
  7. Fuld, James J. (1966). The book of world-famous music, classical, popular and folk. Internet Archive. New York, Crown Publishers.
  8. Kerrigan, In The Bright Mohawk Valley.
  9. Sandburg, Carl (1927). The American Songbag. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. p. 130. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  10. Allen, "Singings Along", p. 83.
  11. "Hugh Cross Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  12. "Columbia matrix W145091. Red River Valley / Hugh Cross ; Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  13. "Jo Stafford Discography". Arizona.edu. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  14. "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  15. "secondhandsongs.com". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  16. "Red River Valley". Tobar an Dualchais. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  17. "Kaugel, kaugel, kus on minu kodu" (in Estonian). Laulud.ee. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  18. "Originaal ja koopia: Originaal ja koopia, 1" (in Estonian). Vikerraadio. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  19. Hickey, Matthew (May–June 1996). "TV's Silent Panic: Harpo Marx & the Golden Age of Television". Filmfax magazine. pp. 64–69.
  20. "ShoutFactoryTV : Watch The Marx Brothers TV Collection Episode : The Marx Brothers: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington". Shoutfactorytv.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  21. "Cannibal Ferox (1981)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  22. Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Hollywood.com. Archive.is. Retrieved on 2017-04-11.
  23. Fairfax, Arthur (December 28, 1940). "Mr. Fairfax Replies" (PDF). Movie Radio Guide. 10 (12): 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  24. Jones-Bamman, Richard (2001). "From 'I'm a Lapp' to 'I'm a Saami': Popular Music and Changing Images of Indigenous Ethnicity in Scandinavia". Journal of Intercultural Studies. 22 (2): 189–210. doi:10.1080/07256860120069602. S2CID 145791883.
  25. Billboard Vol. 75 #29 (July 20, 1963) p. 4
  26. There Is a Way – F-105 Jets / United States Air Force 1967 Educational Documentary – WDTVLIVE42. YouTube (2012-06-27). Retrieved on 2017-04-11.
  27. "The Ant and the Grasshopper | CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs - YouTube". YouTube.



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[de] Red River Valley

Red River Valley ist ein Instrumentalstück, das aus dem Nordamerika des 19. Jahrhunderts kommt und erstmals 1925 als Cowboy Love Song kommerziell erschien. Unter dem Titel Red River Rock wurde es 1959 in der Version von Johnny and the Hurricanes auch in Europa bekannt.
- [en] Red River Valley (song)



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