Cat. #0223 (MFH #539) - As sung by Mrs. Lucy Quigley, Eureka Springs, Arkansas on September 2, 1958
VERSE 1
At th foot of yon mountain
Where th fountain does flow
Sweet music a damsel
Over th soft wind doth blow
VERSE 2
There lives a fair damsel
Her name I adore
She's th girl I may marry
On Red River shore
VERSE 3
I asked her ole father
To give her to me
No, no, kind sir
She can wed no cowboy
So, I got on my horse
An' away I did go
Away from my true love
On Red River shore
VERSE 4
She wrote me a letter
An' wrote it so kind
An' in this letter
Those words you will find,
Come back my dear damsel
Your th man I a-dore
Your th man I may marry
On Red River shore
VERSE 5
I read this letter over
Till my heart became sad
Not one of my comrades
Could make my heart glad
So, I got on my horse
An' away I did go
To marry my true love
On Red River shore
VERSE 6
Her cruel ole Father
Th secrets did hear
He said, he'd deprive me
Of my dear one, so dear
So, he raised a little army
Of twenty and four
To fight th young cowboy
On Red River shore
VERSE 7
I drew my Winchester
Fired 'round and 'round
Till five were killed
And seven was wound
There's no use of a little army
Of twenty an' four
I'll fight fer my true love
On Red River shore