Red Wing (song)

Infobox Standard
title="Red Wing"
comment="(An Indian Fable)"

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caption=Cover of sheet music, 1907.
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composer=Kerry Mills
lyricist=Thurland Chattaway
published=1907
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language=English
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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 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.—" [Mills, "Red Wing".]

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

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* [http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/mp3s/3000/3423/cusb-cyl3423d.mp3 "Red Wing"] , Frederick H. Potter with the Edison Male Quartette (Edison Gold Moulded 9622, 1907)—" [http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/index.php Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project] ".
* [http://digital.library.msstate.edu/cdm-SheetMusic/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/SheetMusic&CISOPTR=18019&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 "Red Wing" (Sheet music)"] — [http://library.msstate.edu/content/templates/?a=1496 The Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Sheet Music Collection] , [http://library.msstate.edu/ Mississippi State University] .