Historical Folk Lyrics
"New River Shore"

At the foot of yonder mountain where often lay snow,
Amusements containing, while a pleasant wind blow;
I spied a fair damsel and she I adore,
She was a-walking on the New River shore.

Says I, "Pretty fair miss, can you fancy me?
My fortune's not great"-"That's nothing," said she:
"Your beauty is enough and you I adore,
And you I will marry on the New River shore."

As soon as her old father came this for to hear,
He swore he would part her from her dearest dear;
He sent her away where loud cannons did roar,
And left this young man on the New River shore.

She wrote him a letter containing these lines,
"If you'll look in the letter, these words you will find:
'I'll come back again and you I adore,
Arid you I will marry on the New River shore.' "

As soon as her old father came this news to hear,
He still vowed he'd part her from her dearest dear;
He gathered a company of twenty or more,
To fight this young man on the New River shore.

He drew his broad sword and he waved it around,
Until seven out of twenty lay dead on the ground;
He wounded five more and wounded them full sore,
Thus gained his true love on the New River shore.