RED RIVER ROSE
Red Steagall
[Verse 1]
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On a fence line north of Estelline, strangest sight I ever seen
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Was a note tied with a ribbon to a rollin’ tumbleweed
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Brazos tossed his head and shied, the weed got caught up on the wire
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I stepped down from my saddle horse and gave that note a read
[Chorus]
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Lines that were written in a fair woman’s hand
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Told of her life and the loss of her man
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It’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind
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And it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
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To find Red River Rose
[Verse 2]
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By the time I’d built a fire that night I’d memorized every line
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And felt the silent tear drops that had fallen on that note
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And I heard a lonesome coyote cry and it was then I realized
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Rose and this ol’ cowboy had been too long alone
[Chorus]
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Lines that were written in a fair woman’s hand
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Told of her life and the loss of her man
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It’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind
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And it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
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To find Red River Rose
[Verse 3]
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On the north side of the prairie dog in a dug-out faced with cedar logs
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Was a woman in a cotton dress the color of the sun
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She said the man she loved had died so to keep her occupied
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She tied notes to the tumbleweeds and trusted them to God
[Chorus]
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Lines that were written in a fair woman’s hand
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Told of her life and the loss of her man
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It’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind
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And it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
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To find Red River Rose
[Final Chorus]
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In a cedar cabin ‘neath the canyon wall
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We’d light a fire and watch the snowflakes fall
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I’m glad it’s me that old tumbleweed chose
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To find Red River Rose, I love my Red River Rose
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