Red Steagall - Red river rose

On a fence ^Cline north of Estelline, strangest sight I ever seen Was a note t^Fied with a ribbon to a rollin’ ^Ctumbleweed Bra^Czos tossed his head and shied, the weed got caught up on the wire I step^Fped down from my saddle horse and ^Ggave that note a ^Cread

L^Gines that were written in a ^Ffair woman’s ^Chand T^Gold of her life and the ^Floss of her ^Gman It’s her h^Ameart and her ^Ghopes she has ^Fcast in the w^Cind And it’s ^Fme that old ^Ctumbleweed ^Fchose To f^Gind Red River ^CRose

By the t^Cime I’d built a fire that night I’d memorized every line And f^Felt the silent tear drops that had fallen on that ^Cnote And I ^Cheard a lonesome coyote cry and it was then I realized Ro^Fse and this ol’ cowboy had ^Gbeen too long ^Calone

^GLines that were written in a ^Ffair woman’s ^Chand T^Gold of her life and the ^Floss of her ^Gman It’s her ^Amheart and her ^Ghopes she has ^Fcast in the ^Cwind And it’s ^Fme that old ^Ctumbleweed ^Fchose To f^Gind Red River ^CRose

On the ^Cnorth side of the prairie dog in a dug-out faced with cedar logs Was a ^Fwoman in a cotton dress the color of the ^Csun She s^Caid the man she loved had died so to keep her occupied She ^Ftied notes to the tumbleweeds and ^Gtrusted them to ^CGod

^GLines that were written in a ^Ffair woman’s ^Chand ^GTold of her life and the ^Floss of her ^Gman It’s her ^Amheart and her ^Ghopes she has ^Fcast in the ^Cwind And it’s ^Fme that old ^Ctumbleweed ^Fchose To ^Gfind Red River ^CRose

In a ^Gmcedar cabin ^F‘neath the canyon ^Cwall We’d ^Gmlight a fire and^F watch the snowflakes ^Gfall ^{C G F} I^C’m glad it’s ^Fme that old ^Ctumbleweed ^Fchose To ^Gfind Red River ^CRose, ^FI love my ^GRed River ^CRose