Red River Valley

from Ponies In Lightning by LAND O' GLORY

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Edith Fowke offers anecdotal evidence that the song was known in at least five Canadian provinces before 1896. This finding led to speculation that the song was composed at the time of the Wolseley Expedition to the northern Red River Valley of 1870 in Manitoba. It expresses the sorrow of a local woman (possibly a Métis) as her soldier lover prepares to return to the east.
Things happen in America in the between 1870 and 1880- Yellowstone National Park established, 1872, telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bel 1876, Lightbulb invented by Thomas Edison 1876,
P.T. Barnum's first circus 1871, Mark Twain writes Tom Sawyer 1876, Jesse James robs his first train 1871, Baseball National League established 1876..

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'come and sit by my side if you love me, do not hasten to bid me adieu, just remember the red river valley, and the cowboy who loved you so true.'

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from Ponies In Lightning, released March 28, 2016
Traditional- Public Domain
Instruments- Ukelele- Dave Klemp, Bass- Olivia Barnes
Melodica- David Barnes

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