At the foot of yon mountain, where the big river flows, there's a fond creation
and a soft wind that blows.
There lives a fair maiden, she's the one I adore. She's the one I will marry on

the Red River shore.

She wrote me a letter. She wrote it so kind and in that letter these words you

will find.
"Come back to me, darling, you're the one I adore. You're the one I will marry
on the Red River shore.


I jumped on my bronco and away I did ride to marry my true love on the Red River
side.

But her pa knew the secret and with twenty and four come to fight this young
cowboy on the Red River shore.


I grabbed my six shooter, spun 'round and 'round 'til six men were wounded and
seven were down.
I can't fight an army of twenty and four when I'm bound for my true love on the

Red River shore.

At the foot of yon mountain, where the big river flows, there's a fond creation

and a soft wind that blows.
And there lives a fair maiden, she's the one I adore, but never will marry on
the Red River shore