Red Wing
Composer(s): Thurland Chattaway; Irving Mills
Performer(s): Bob Wills;
and various other artists



There once was an Indian maid a shy little prairie maid 
who sang all day a love song gay as through the fields she'd while the hours away
She loved an Indian brave this shy little prairie maid 
and then one day he rode away to battle far away..

{Chorus} 
Oh the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
the breeze is sighing, the night birds crying
For a far far away her brave is dying 
and Red Wings's crying her heart away

She watched for him day and night
She kept all the campfires bright
And under the sky
Each night she would lie
And dream about his coming by and by
But when all the braves returned the heart of Red Wing yearned 
for far far away her warrior brave fell bravely in the fray

{chorus}
Now the Moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
the breeze is sighing, the night birds crying
for a far'neath his star her brave is sleeping
while Redwing's weeping her heart away