My Mom used to sing this to me as a lullaby before bed. I'm so glad I found it. thank you mom!!

0:32 the ice cream truck part

My Grandpa Eugene Lyle wanted me to play this for him in the 70's. unfortunately he didn't have a recording for me to copy & RU-vid didn't exist. Here's to you Grandpa Snowden. One of the best men I ever knew. RIP.

Uncle Billy sings this song in "In This Mountain" by Jan Karon ❤

My mother was born in a coal mining town on Dunn Glen Mountain in 1912. She sang this song to my sister and I and would dance a jig. We loved it!

I was reading Johnny Got His Gun, and this quote called my attention, Now the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing The birds are sighing, the night wind crying . . . I searched on Google about it and i found this song, is really amazing how a book can make you travel into music and feelings, and the most sad is knowing that Joe althought he was deaf this song was playing in his mind.

My Granny would sing me this song when I was little. Last night I dreamed of her and looked it up on RU-vid. Thank you for the memories.

I learned to play this song on an Autoharp many decades ago. Probably around 1970

“It was to her surprise when her belly began to rise and out of her bunt came a cowboy runt”

My great Aunt had this piano roll for her player piano. I grew up singing this with her. Treasured memories, Thank You!!!!

My aunt had a player piano and this song was on one of the scrolls. My cousins and I would take turns pumping the pedals and singing along!

I'm 67, but remember my grandpa playing this on his harmonica for me.

A song about Charlie Chaplin from WW1 brought me here

Someone driving an ice-cream truck told me that the name of the song played over the speaker system was titled, "red wing". This song sounds different to me unless we distill it down to the basic notes.

My grandma’s favorite song. Frankie Rose Carroll.. she sang off key, I do too…

My grandpa sang this song to me when I was very young. I am now 65 and still remember this song. I love you grandpa. Thank you for all your love and for sharing this song with me.

My great uncle used to play this on his fiddle. My mom used to sing this.

As a young boy I’d go to my dad’s print shop and clean the press, he would sing my darling red wing. Listening to it brings back many memories.

My dad used to sing this song to me as he rocked me to sleep that was back in the fall of 1969 lost dad in Feb of 1980 but if I close my eyes really tight I can hear and see him singing this to me thank u for posting

I always like "union maid" and played it on the guitar, strumming with my thumb. I knew little of my grandfather, but recently found out one of his favorite songs was "Red Wing" (same tune as Union maid) which he played on the guitar (strumming with his thumb) and friends and family would sit on his porch and play it. What a great connection!

My mother’s favorite song💙 this was our lullaby

Sounds good a fun tune

Strange how things like this move through all time. We remember those who sang it. Somewhere there was a young and beautiful girl like Red Wing, mourning for her lost love. Remembered for awhile, yet now even their bones are have turned to dust and been forgotten, the same as the graves of those left buried on the paths of the wagon trains. It's sad how our past slips sadly away.

I'm in my 20s, but I remember my grandma singing this to me as a kid. The words were slightly different in her version, but I'm so happy to have found it here, thank you! :)

I know this tune from the 1915 WWI parody, using the tune of the refrain “Oh the moon shines bright on Charlie Chaplin, his boots are cracking, for the want of blacking. His little baggy trousers they want mending, before they send him, to the Dardanelles. Today we were singing it & my husband remembered the name of the tune. Thank you so much for sharing.

Had no idea you built a house or were in a bad wreck praise God your still here to play and sing

Ah, brings back so many memories! My dad used to whistle this tune and sometimes sing it or play it on his harmonica all my growing up years.

Good one-but why would someone bet on a drunk horse ?

Olympia Stadium, Detroit circa .

Thank you for this blast from the past. My dad used to sing this song to me, along wit 'Big Rock Candy Mountains' in 1950 or so. He was in his fifties at the time.

The tempo is WAY too fast & upbeat for this tragically sad song 😢

This is my childhood lullaby ❤️❤️

Oh, man, I'm 52 years old now. I remember my dad who is long gone singing this song to me when I was 5-6 maybe. Now I get to sing it to my new born son, thank you.

Same here, I remember my Meme singing this to me as she rubbed my back to get me to sleep, I am 72! I'll never forget it!

If you live in Denver, you' hear this song when the ice cream truck goes by.

I grew up listening to my dad play this on his French harp.

I remember hearing this song from when I was about 4 years old, back in the early 1950s. Even then it made me sad.

Hate to burst yalls bubble but this song is so racist.

One of my favorites. A couple of nice licks. Try doing variations each time esp on the turnarounds.

Very nice. One of my favorites. I like a couple of the licks. Try leaning some variations. Esp on the turnarounds.

I only know the instrumental version of this, so thanks for working out the arrangement! The lyric gives a different, sadder mood to the melody.

Thanks!

My mother who was born in 1922 remembered her mother singing this song.

My Daddy sang this as he played his guitar. Now I am nearly 80 and can still imagine his voice.

I am nearly 80 and recall the many times my Daddy played his guitar and sang this to me.

My grandpa used to sing this all the time. I forgot about it till I randomly started humming it. Beautiful memories!

I never knew this had words, just that its chorus was what my local ice cream truck used to play.

My father used to play and sing this song on his violin while we went to bed at the lake.

I love this song.

My mother was from Canada and it was one of the first songs she sang to me as a small child. I’m now 71 years old and still love it, as do my siblings.