Come and sit by my side is you love me
  Do not hasten to bid me adieu.
  But remember the Red River Valley
  and the girl that has loved you so true.

I have promised you, darling, that never
Shall the words from my lips cause you pain,
And I swear I will love you forever
If you only will love me again.

  Come and sit by my side...

I've been thinking a long time, my darling,
of the sweet words you never would say.
Now alas! must the found hopes all vanish?
For they say you are going away.

  Come and sit by my side...

When you think of the valley you're leaving?
O, how lonely, how sad it will be.
When you think of the fond heart you're breaking
and the grief you are causing to me!

  Come and sit by my side...

From this valley you say you are going,
when you go, may your darling go to?
Would you leave her behind unprotected,
when she loves no other but you.

  Come and sit by my side...

As you go to your home by the ocean,
may you never forget those sweey hours,
that we spent in the Red River Valley,
and the love we exchanged 'nd the flow'rs.

  Come and sit by my side...