Red Wing (song)

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"Red Wing" (An Indian Fable)
Cover of sheet music, 1907.
Music by	Kerry Mills
Lyrics by	Thurland Chattaway
Published	1907
Language	English

"Red Wing" is a popular song written in 1907 with music by Kerry Mills and lyrics by Thurland Chattaway. Mills adapted the music from Robert A. Schumann's "The Happy Farmer" (Opus 68, No. 10, 1849). The song tells of a young Indian maid's loss of her sweetheart who has died in battle. It is most memorable for its chorus:

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,—

While Red Wing's weeping— her heart away.—^[1]

The song has been recorded numerous time in many different styles.

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• Mills, Kerry. "Red Wing: An Indian Intermezzo" (sheet music). New York: F.A. Mills (1907).