Red River Valley Girls

Back in Nineteen thirty six
When my mom was just sixteen
She learned to play the guitar
And sing a little harmony
She would take the melody
Delores would sing along
And the Red river valley girls
Would sing their western songs

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She played all the oldies
The songs that we all know
Like down in the valley
Valley so low
And every one who heard them said that
They were out of this world
And no one else could yodel
Like the Red River valley girls
Yodel lady yodel odel lady yodel odel lady

Saturday would find them
On a greyhound to Racine
That smoky bus from Milwaukee
Past country farms and fields
With her guitar on her lap
And a bus pass in her hand
To the RJN studio
As the Two girl western band

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She played at the county fair
And for the old folks all alone
She played for the veterans
Who finally made it home
She would sing so sweetly
To any one who’d lend an ear
And her old song about Shep the dog
Could bring a man to tears


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