Red River Rose - The Ames Brothers

Marching along

To my Red River Rose

Waiting for me where

The Red River flows

Soon when the big

Yellow moon softly glows

I’ll be embracing

My Red River Rose

As I marched down the trail

With my face to the west

My thoughts fly away

To the girl I love best

But there where the mountains

Reach up to the blue

My love promised me

She’d be faithful and true

The bugles were sounding

When we kissed goodbye

She smiled but I knew

She was ready to cry

Take care, dear, she whispered

Although you must go

Be brave and remember

That I love you so

She gave me a locket

That I’ll always wear

Inside was a curl

From her bright golden hair

And when I was lonely

For comfort and cheer

I’d open that locket

And know she was near