「赤い河の谷間 」は、アメリカの民謡
(フォークソング)です。西部開拓時代の歌で、レッドリバーは、テキサス州にある河の名前です。歌詞は白人男性とインディアン女性の恋を歌った内容です。原題は「Red River Valley」です。
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 if you
love me.
Do not hasten to bid me adieu.
Just remember the Red River Valley,
And the boy who has loved you so true.
Won't you think of the valley
you're leaving?
Oh, how lonely, how sad it will be?
Oh, think of the fond heart you're breaking.
And the grief you are causing to me