|
"Red River Valley" is a folk song and cowboy music standard of controversial origins that has gone by different names—e.g., "Cowboy Love Song", "Bright Sherman Valley", "Bright Laurel Valley", "In the Bright Mohawk Valley", and "Bright Little Valley"—depending on where it has been sung. It is listed as Roud Folk Song Index 756, and by Edith Fowke as FO 13. It is recognizable by its chorus (with several variations): :''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 pathway a while. :''So come sit by my side if you love me.'' :''Do not hasten to bid me adieu.'' :''Just remember the Red River Valley,'' :''And the cowboy that has loved you so true.'' Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. ==Origins== Edith Fowke offers anecdotal evidence that the song was known in at least five Canadian provinces before 1896. This finding led to speculation that the song was composed at the time of the Wolseley Expedition to the northern Red River Valley of 1870 in Manitoba. It expresses the sorrow of a local woman (possibly a ''Métis'') as her soldier lover prepares to return to the east.〔H. Stewart Hendrickson (Research Professor Emeritus, University of Washington), (''Red River Valley'' ) (Retrieved 23 March 2014)〕 The earliest known written manuscript of the lyrics, titled ''The Red River Valley,''〔(''The Red River Valley'' ), (Edwin Ford Piper Collection ), The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.〕 bears the notations "Nemaha 1879" and "Harlan 1885."〔Fuld, ''The Book of World-Famous Music'' (1966), p. 457.〕 Nemaha and Harlan are the names of counties in Nebraska, and are also the names of towns in Iowa. The song appears in sheet music, titled ''In the Bright Mohawk Valley,'' printed in New York in 1896 with James J. Kerrigan as the writer.〔Kerrigan, ''In The Bright Mohawk Valley.''〕 The tune and lyrics were collected and published in Carl Sandburg's 1927 ''American Songbag''. In 1925, Carl T. Sprague, an early singing cowboy from Texas, recorded it as ''Cowboy Love Song'' (Victor 20067, August 5, 1925), but it was fellow Texan Jules Verne Allen's 1929 ''Cowboy's Love Song'' (Victor 40167, March 28, 1929), that gave the song its greatest popularity. Allen himself thought the song was from Pennsylvania, perhaps brought over from Europe.〔Allen, "Singings Along", p. 83.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red River Valley (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|