Red River Shore Lyrics - Kingston Trio

At the foot of yon mountain, where the big river flows 

There's a fond creation and a soft wind that blows 

There lives a fair maiden, she's the one I adore 

She's the one I will marry on the Red River shore 

She wrote me a letter, she wrote it so kind 

And in that letter, these words you will find 

"Come back to me, darling, you're the one I adore 

You're the one I will marry on the Red River shore" 

I jumped on my bronco and away I did ride 

To marry my true love on the Red River side 

But her pa knew the secret and with twenty and four 

Come to fight this young cowboy on the Red River shore 

I grabbed my six shooter, spun 'round and 'round 

'Til six men were wounded and seven were down 

I can't fight an army of twenty and four 

When I'm bound for my true love on the Red River shore