Talk:Red River Valley (song)

Dubious: Allen, "Singings Along"
I marked this as dubious because I have been unable to find any independent evidence of the existence of the cited reference. The entry was posted on 7 June 2008‎ by user "BigDaddySheep" who left the following message on his Wikipedia user page: "Goodbye, This was just a hobby between assignments. I don't have the time nor the energy to argue with amateurs." And in any case, is it really relevant what "the Singing Cowboy" Jules Verne Allen wrote (in an otherwise unexplained and unsupported statement) about what he thought the origin of the song was? - Embram (talk) 04:11, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Orangemen?
Could this be originally an Orange Order song? The "Bright Sherman Valley" in Pennsylvania (Shermansdale, Pennsylvania) had at least one family, the Smileys, descend from a soldier who fought at the Siege of Derry. The discussion on the Wolseley Expedition also mentions Orangemen militias. Is the song older than suspected?Pustelnik (talk) 13:20, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Ummm ....
Is that chorus actually in print somewhere? By my reckoning, the first half of it is the opening of the first verse and the second half is the end of the chorus.

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 pathways a while.

Come and sit by my side ere you leave us; Do not hasten to bid us adieu, But remember the RRV, And the cowboy who loved you so true.

[Sorry, guess something extra is needed for a "hard return."]

Etc. That way, it rhymes.

Also, in versions you have looked at/listened to, what's the priority of "sit by my side ere you leave us" vs. "sit by my side if you love me?" I heard the latter first, but it makes less sense in context, because "she" obviously doesn't love "him."

Glad you settled the Canadian priority, though. I read somewhere that during WW I (II?), RRV was to Canadian units overseas what "Waltzing Matilda" was to Australian units. Any comment?

Terry J. Carter (talk) 20:20, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Tengo entendido que esta canción tiene una versión por el grupo español Mocedades, del 1974.Aparece en el album Cinco, bajo el sello disquero Zafiro. La canta Izaskum, una de los hermanos Urganga, fundadores de la agrupación española (Rafael Leonardo).-

Spanish
The passage in Spanish and the English translation ought to arranged better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.139.170.41 (talk) 17:04, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Paratroopers' song
While I don't dispute that WWII paratroopers may well have sung those words to the tune of "Red River Valley," they are an obvious adaptation of Dowling's "The Revel"  and it seems to me that the entry should, in fairness to Dowling, mention that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.13.150.132 (talk) 13:07, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

May I sleep in your barn tonight, mister?
Somewhere on the page I feel some reference to Charlie Poole's recording that borrows the tune of Red River Valley. This song, "I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister" has been covered numerous times by other artists including Mac Wiseman and Hank Thompson (musician). It actually sold a http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/barn/summary.html. --192.101.80.14 (talk) 21:50, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

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