Marina sings the well-known lament of the many native wives abandoned by European traders who went back to their own countries, leaving behind a new culture known as the Métis.

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 awhile.

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Come and sit by my side if you love me,
Do not hasten to bid me adieu;
But remember the Red River Valley,
And the one that has loved you so true.

Won’t you think of the valley you’re leaving?
Oh, how lonely and sad it will be;
Won’t you think of the fond heart you’re breaking
And the grief you are causing to me?

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I have promised you, darling, that never
Would a word from my lips cause you pain
And my heart, it will be yours forever
If you only will love me again.

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The dark maiden’s prayer for her lover
To the spirit that rules o’er the world:
His pathway with sunshine may cover,
Leave his grief to the Red River girl.

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But remember the Red River Valley,
And the one that has loved you so true.