Red River Shore- Lucy Quigley (Arkansas) 1958
[Max Hunter Folk Song Collection, recording available on-line. Another version of the "Shore" ballads related to "Bold Soldier."
R. Matteson 2014]
Red River Shore- As sung by Mrs. Lucy Quigley, Eureka Springs, Arkansas on September 2, 1958;
Listen: http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=0223
VERSE 1: At the foot of yon mountain
Where the fountain does flow
Sweet music a damsel
Over the soft wind doth blow
VERSE 2: There lives a fair damsel
Her name I adore
She's the 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
You're the man I adore
You're the 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
The 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 the 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