RED SUNDOWN
Title song from the film "Red Sundown" (1956)
(Terry Gilkyson)


Terry Gilkyson (Film Soundtrack) - 1956



A man who has a gun 
May have a tale to tell
How he used it wrong
Or how it used it well

The ambush on the trail
The showdown in the town
They tell the strife of a cowboy's life
From dawn till the red sundown

Oh Caroline, don't leave me
Keep a-wearin' your weddin' gown
Oh Caroline, believe me 
And wait for the red sundown
Red sundown

A man with a girl and gun
They have a tale to tell
How he used them wrong
Or how he used them well

Oh, darlin' Caroline
Put on your weddin' gown
And say a prayer that we'll meet somewhere
In the light of the red sundown

Oh Caroline, don't leave me
Keep a-wearin' your weddin' gown
Oh Caroline, believe me 
And wait for the red sundown
Red sundown

A man who has a girl
To love for all his days
Has to settle down
And change his roamin' ways

Oh, darlin' Caroline
Go buy your weddin' gown
Keep your love true till I come for you
In the light of the red sundown

Oh, Caroline, don't leave me
Keep a-wearin' your weddin' gown
Oh, Caroline, believe me
And wait for the red sundown
Red sundown
Red sundown



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2019)