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"Red Wing" is a popular song written in 1907 with music by Kerry Mills and lyrics by Thurland Chattaway. Mills adapted the music of the verse from Robert Schumann's piano composition "The Happy Farmer, Returning From Work" from his 1848 ''Album for the Young'', Opus 68. The song tells of a young Indian girl's loss of her sweetheart who has died in battle. The first verse and chorus are: :There once lived an Indian maid, :A shy little prairie maid, :Who sang all day a love song gay, :As on the plains she'd while away the day. :She loved a warrior bold, :This shy little maid of old, :But brave and gay he rode one day :To battle far away. :Now the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing, :The breeze is sighing, the night bird's crying, :For afar 'neath his star her brave is sleeping,〔in later versions usually: "For a far far away her brave is dying"〕 :While Red Wing's weeping her heart away.〔Mills, Kerry. "Red Wing: An Indian Intermezzo" (sheet music). New York: F.A. Mills (1907).〕 〔 ==Covers== The song has been recorded numerous times in many different styles. It was sung by John Wayne in the 1943 film ''In Old Oklahoma'' and again by John Wayne and Lee Marvin in the 1961 film ''The Comancheros'' and finally by John Wayne and Lauren Bacall in the 1976 film ''The Shootist''. In 1950 Oscar Brand recorded a bawdy version in his ''Bawdy Songs & Backroom Ballads, Volume 3''. *The song was connected with and often performed by actress Princess Red Wing. It "achieved a folk song-like popularity" and became a standard for"Native American fiddlers".〔 Its name may also be associated with Red Wing, Minnesota, which is eponymously named for Mdewakanton Dakota Chief Red Wing.〔 *Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys recorded a Western swing cover of Red Wing in the 1940s. *George Lewis helped make it a standard of the traditional jazz revival era. *An instrumental version, with Chet Atkins on guitar, was released by Asleep at the Wheel in 1993. *American roots music group The Steel Wheels recorded a version with new lyrics in 2011. *Gary Lee () 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 Wing (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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