I
I'm ridin' on the New River train.
I                                 V-7th
Ridin' on the New River train.
        I                          IV
The same old train that brought me here,
      V-7th                        I
Is soon gonna carry me away.

Darlin' you can't love one
Darlin' you can't love one
You can't love one and have any fun
Oh Darlin you can't love one.

Darlin' you can't love two (2x)
And still be true

Darlin' you can't love three (2x)
And still love me

Darlin' you can't love four (2x)
And love me any more

Darlin' you can't love five(2x)
And still be alive

Darlin' you can't love six (2x)
That kind of love don't mix

Darlin' you can't love seven(2x)
And still go to heaven

Darlin' you can't love eight(2x)
And make me wait

Darlin' you can't love nine(2x)
And still be mine

Darlin' you can't love ten(2x)
And still be my friend

I
Ida Red, Ida Green
                     V-7th   I
Prettiest gal I ever   seen.

Ida Red lives in town
Weighs three hundred and forty pounds.

Ida red, Ida Red
I'm plum crazy about Ida Red.

Ida Red, Ida Blue
Ida bit a hoecake half in two.

Ida Red, Ida Red
Everybody's crazy 'bout Ida Red.

If I'd 'a listened to what Ida said
I'd 'a been sleepin' in Ida's bed.

If Ida said that she'd be mine
I'd be Ida's all the time.

If Ida said she'd be my wife
I'd be happy all my life.

I
Wonderful things of folks are said
V-7th                               I
When they have passed away.
I
Roses adorn the narrow bed
V-7th                  I      I-7th
Over the sleeping clay.

Faults are forgiven when folks lie
Cold in the narrow bed.
Let us forgive them 'ere they die .
Now, should the words be said.
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