"Red Wing" was a popular song written in 1907 with music by Kerry Mills and lyrics by Thurland Chattaway. Mills adapted the music of the verse from Robert Schumann's piano composition "The Happy Farmer, Returning From Work" from his 1848 Album for the Young, Opus 68.
The original version of "Red Wing" is in this section.
A bawdy parody of this song (also titled "Red Wing") is in the Bawdy Songs section.
Woody Guthrie used many older tunes for his songs and in the case of "Union Maid" he used the tune of "Red Wing".
Other songs by Woody Guthrie in this section are: