


During the 1970s, Harry Boardman and the Oldham Tinkers folk group recorded a version incorporating all of the verses that they remembered from their childhood. It was subsequently perpetuated among British schoolchildren.
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Red Wing was parodied in a version popular among British troops during the First World War, which begins with the line, "Now the moon shines bright on Charlie Chaplin." This variant originated in response to the comedian's refusal to enlist, and was featured in the movie Oh! What A Lovely War. The Moon Shines Bright on Charlie Chaplin Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die. Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union. She went to the union hall when a meeting it was called, And when the Legion boys come 'round She always stood her ground. There once was a union maid, she never was afraid Of goons and ginks and company finks and the deputy sheriffs who made the raid. Guthrie's are perhaps the most famous of alternative words for the song his song begins: In 1940 Woody Guthrie wrote new lyrics to the tune, retitled " Union Maid". The music has been played during intermissions at Olympia Stadium, Joe Louis Arena, and Little Caesars Arena ever since the Detroit Falcons became the Detroit Red Wings. The chorus of Red Wing is the jingle for the Ice Cream Wagon ice cream truck company of Denver, Colorado.

It "achieved a folk song-like popularity" and became a standard for"Native American fiddlers".

In 1950 Oscar Brand recorded a bawdy version in his Bawdy Songs & Backroom Ballads, Volume 3. It was sung by John Wayne in the 1943 film In Old Oklahoma and again by John Wayne and Lee Marvin in the 1961 film The Comancheros and finally by John Wayne and Lauren Bacall in the 1976 film The Shootist. The song has been recorded numerous times in many styles. ( April 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve this section if you can. The specific problem is: covers may not meet WP:SONGCOVER. This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. 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. She watched for him day and night She lit all the campfires bright And under the sky each night, she would lie And dream about his coming by and by, But when all the braves returned, The heart of Red Wing yearned, For far, far away, her warrior gay Fell bravely in the fray. She loved a warrior bold, This shy little maid of old, But brave and gay he rode one day To battle far away. Lyrics There once lived an Indian maid, A shy little prairie maid, Who sang all day a love song gay, As on the plains she'd while away the day.
