“Red Wing (I)”

Description

Red Wing, "a pretty little Indian maid," is in love with a brave, but he has died in battle. "Now the moon shines down on pretty Red Wing... So far beneath the stars her love is sleeping, While Red Wing's weeping her heart away."

Same tune

• Red Wing (II) (File: EM214)
• Union Maid (by Woody Guthrie) (Greenway-AFP, p. 300; Silber-FSWB, p. 132; DT, UNIONMD; recordings on on Almanac4, PeteSeeger01, PeteSeeger41, PeteSeeger48)
• (Charlie Chaplin parody) (Meredith/Covell/Brown, pp. 211-212; see under "Red Wing (II"))

Cross references

• cf. "Red Wing (II)"
• cf. "Union Maid" (tune)

Recordings

• George W. Ballard & chorus "Red Wing" (CYL: Everlasting 1150, n.d.)
• Homer Christopher & Raney Van Vink, "Red Wing" (OKeh 45097, 1927)
• Dudley & McDonough "Red Wing" (Victor 17233, 1912)
• Redd Evans & his Billy Boys, "Red Wing" (OKeh 4836, 1923)
• Fox Chasers, "Red Wing" (OKeh 45477, 1930)
• Frankie & Johnny, "Red Wing" (Conqueror 7976, 1932)
• Buell Kazee, "Red Wing" (Brunswick 210, 1928; Supertone S-2057, 1930 [as Buell Kazee & Sookie Hobbs])
• Kendall & Kelly, "Red Wing" (Chamption 15582, 1928)
• Fred Potter, "Red Wing, An Indian Fable" (CYL: Edison [BA] 541, n.d.)
• Frederick H. Potter w. the New York Military Band, "Red Wing" (CYL: Edison [BA] 1543, c. 1912)
• Riley Puckett, "Red Wing" (Columbia 15226-D, 1928; rec. 1927)
• George Reneau, "Red Wing" (Vocalion 14896, 1924)
• Walter Scanlan, "Red Wing" (Edison 52063, 1927)
• [Frank] Stanley & [Henry] Burr "Red Wing" (Columbia 3681, 1907; Columbia A468, 1909) (CYL: Albany 1366, n.d.) (CYL: Columbia 33163, prob. 1907) (Standard 3681, n.d.)
• Stone Mountain Entertainers [Blue Ridge Highballers], "Red Wing" (Broadway 8159, c. 1930; rec. 1927)
• Floyd Thompson & his Hometowners "Red Wing" (Vocalion 5331, c. 1929)
• Frank Welling & John McGhee "Red Wing" (Conqueror 7976, 1932)
• Art Wenzel & his Ragtime Cowboys, "Red Wing" (Pan Am 027, n.d.)
• Male duet, "Red Wing" (Busy Bee A-128, c. 1907)

References

1. Fife-Cowboy/West 50, "Red Wing" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Logsdon 39, pp. 207-210, "Red Wing" (2 texts, 1 tune; the "A" text is "Red Wing (I)" while the "B" text is one of the bawdy parodies)
3. DT, REDWNG*
4. Roud #4784
5. BI, FCW050