LOCATION: Shreveport, Louisiana; Terrell, Texas
PERIOD: 2015-2019
DRAMATIS PERSONAE: Jacob “Jake” Tyler McLemore (1959); Pearl Boone Robison (1973); Sadie Jo Robison McLemore (2015)
Jake McLemore had owned a bar in Nashville, but sold it and bought a parcel of land between Shreveport and Vivian, Louisiana (see song “McLemore’s“). The Red River flowed through his land, and he built a small cabin there. In this song, Jake is contemplating life in the wake of the failure of his latest relationship.
But he hears from Pearl again, who tells him that she gave birth to their daughter, Sadie Jo, who is now one year old, with her living in Terrell, Texas.
THE RED RIVER FLOWS
(F. D. Leone, Jr.)
I’m out on the porch
It’s about ten to four
The Red River flows
It just goes and goes
Dickel is what I sip
A Lucky is on my lip
The Red River flows
It just goes rolling on
There was a woman, but she left
Wasn’t the worst, wasn’t the best
No note, no goodbye
But I don’t even wonder why
The rain softly falls
A morning dove softly calls
The Red River flows
It just goes and goes
Yesterday I heard from Pearl
Told me about our little girl
Her name is Sadie Jo
The Red River flows and flows
Her name is Sadie Jo
That Red River goes rolling on
© 2019 Frank David Leone, Jr./Highway 80 Music (ASCAP). The songs and stories on the Highway 80 Stories website are works of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Related songs in chronological order:
McLemore’s
Between Here and Gone
Pearl and Jake
Hit the Road
The River and Jake
Terrell
The Red River Flows
Sadie Jo
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