First Verse
There once lived an In-dian maid,
A shy lit-tle prai-rie maid,
Who sang a__lay; a love song__ gay,
As on the plain she'd while a-way the day.
She loved a__ war-rior bold,
this shy lit-tle maid of old,
But brave and__ gay, he rode one__ day 
to bat - tle far___ a - way.
 
Chorus
Now, the moon shines to-night' on pret-ty RED - WING,___
the breeze is sigh-ing,___ the night bird's cry - ing,___
For a-far 'neath his star her brave is sleep - ing,__
While Red Wing's weep - ing____ her heart a - way. 

Second Verse
She watched for him day and night,
She kept all the camp-fires bright,
And un-der the sky, each night she would lie,
And dream a-bout his com-ing by and by;
But when all the braves re-turned, 
the heart of__  Red Wing yearned, 
For far, far a - way, her war-ri-or gay,
fell brave-ly in  the  fray.

Chorus
Now, the moon shines to-night' on pret-ty RED - WING,___
the breeze is sigh-ing,___ the night bird's cry - ing,___
For a-far 'neath his star her brave is sleep - ing,__
While Red Wing's weep - ing____ her heart a - way.