Campfire Reunions

Performed by Woodie Guthrie during a 1940s recording session.

(Vicky’s settings: Key of C, capo 2)

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 loved you so true.

Well they tell me my dear that you’re going
I will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For with you, you are taking the sunshine
That has brightened my life for awhile.

So come and 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.

When you go to your home by the ocean
May you never forget those sweet hours
That we spent in that red river valley
And the love we exchanged with the flowers.

So come and 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.

I have waited a long time, my darling
For those words that you never would say
Till at last my poor heart is breaking
For they tell me you’re going away.

So come and 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.

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Song sung by Woodie Guthrie (Smithsonian Folkways).