New River Train
Composer: Traditional
Recordings
Sid Hardreaker, 1925
Single, Monroe Brothers , 1936
American Folk Songs Album, Luther, Layman, Stokes, 194?
More Songs to Grow On, Alan Mills, 1954
Old-Time Tunes of the South, The Stoneman Family (Sutphin, Foreacre, and Dickens), 1957
Mountain Music Bluegrass Style, Various Artists (Mike Seeger, Don "Chubby" Anthony, Bob Yellin), 1959
American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3, Pete Seeger, 1959
American Folklore, Vol. 3, John Jacob Niles, 195?
Single, Andy Griffith, 1961
American Game and Activity Songs For Children, Pete Seeger, 1962
The Music of Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward, Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward , 1962
Early Bluegrass Music, The Monroe Brothers, 1963
Single, Benny and Vallie Cain and the Country Clan, 1963
Old Timey Concert, Doc Watson, Clint Howard and Fred Price, 1967
Raymond Fairchild & the Maggie Valley Boys, Raymond Fairchild & the Maggie Valley Boys, 1967
More Goodies From The Hills, Glen Smith, 1969
1927-1929, Charlie Poole and The Highlanders, 196?
Strange Creek Singers, Strange Creek Singers, 1972
Feast Here Tonight, Monroe Brothers, 1975
Walkin' in the Parlor - Old Time Music of the Southern Mountains, Iron Mountain String Band, 1975
Kentucky Colonels 1965-1967, Kentucky Colonels, 1976
The White Brothers / The New Kentucky Colonels: Live In Sweden 1973, The White Brothers, 1979
Round The Heart Of Old Galax, Vol. 1 Featuring Ernest Stoneman, Ernest Stoneman, 1980
Virginia Mountain Boys, Vol. 4, Virginia Mountain Boys , 1983
Grandma Slid Down The Mountain, Cathy Fink, 1984
Blake and Rice, Norman Blake and Tony Rice, 1987
52nd Annual Old Fiddlers Convention Galax VA 1987, Various Artists (Rosa Cox), 1988
Pickin' On Tommy's Porch, Tommy Jarrell, 198?
Monroe Brothers, Vol. 1: What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul, The Monroe Brothers, 2000
Remembering Merle, Doc Watson, 1992
Fraulein, Bobby Helms, 1992
On Border Radio, Vol. 1, The Carter Family, 1995
The Vanguard Years, Doc Watson, 1995
The Vanguard Years Sampler, Doc Watson, 1995
Way Down in North Carolina, Mike Seeger and Paul Brown, 1996
Essential, Bill Monroe / Monroe Brothers, 1997
Get Acquainted Waltz, The Strange Creek Singers, 1997
The Complete Kelly Harrell, Vol. 1, Kelly Harrell, 19??
Early Country Music, Fields Ward's Buck Mountain Band, 19??
The First Recorded Railway Songs, Vernon Dalhart, 19??
The Legendary Monroe Brothers Collection, Monroe Brothers, 19??
EP, Bluegrass Partners, 19??
Bluegrass Bonanza, Various Artists (Monroe Brothers), 2001
Bluegrass Bonanza: The Monroe Legacy 1936-45, Various Artists (Monroe Brothers), 2001
Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949, Bill Monroe, 2002
Freedom: Songs From The Heart Of America, Various Artists (Louise Massey & The Westerners), 2002
Lee Hammons: Complete Banjo Recordings, Lee Hammons, 200?
All the Classic Releases 1937-1949, Bill Monroe, 2003
Smokey Mountain Bluegrass: 24 Traditional Favorites, Various Artists (Jack Casey), 2003
Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists (Iron Mountain String Band), 2006
Kreutzmann, Burbridge, Murawski Trio: April 20, 2008, Chicago, 2008
Notes
Played by the Black Mountain Boys on the 7th March 1964.
The lyrics used by the Black Mountains Boys are as follows;
Now darling you can't love one
Darling you can't love one
You can't love one and have any fun
Darling you can't love oneRiding on that New River train
Riding on that New River train
Same old train that brought me here
Is going to carry me awayDarling you can't love two
Darling you can't love two
You can't love two and still be true
Darling you can't love twoRiding on that New River train
Riding on that New River train
Same old train that brought me here
Is going to carry me awayDarling you can't love three
Darling you can't love four
You can't love seven and still go to heaven
Darling you can't love nineRiding on that New River train
Riding on that New River train
Same old train that brought me here
Is going to carry me away