One More Ride
Bob Nolan
Original copyright: July 4, 1936
How I long for a trip, don’t need no grip,
I’m taking one more ride
‘Way out there in the prairie air.
I guess it’s in my hide
For the clickety-clack of the railroad track is callin’.
Here’s a man that knows where the Santa Fe goes
When she gets under steam.
And her big loud bell bids a fond farewell,
Hear her whistle scream.
She’s bound to go where there ain’t no snow a-fallin’.
One more ride!
How I miss the gloom of the pale white moon
That seemed to know my name.
And the tumbleweeds where the prairie dog feeds,
I miss them just the same.
They’re all a part of the song in my heart I’m singin’.
I recall the tune I sang to the moon,
It seemed to make him smile
As I rode away at the close of day
And stayed so long awhile.
But I long to be with the memory he’s bringin’.
One more ride!
As the years roll by I wonder why
I long to leave my home
And hit the trail of the iron rail
‘Way out there alone.
But my heart will sigh till I know that I am leavin’.
If I don’t come back, there’s a one-way track
Way down in Mexico.
You’ll find me there or any old where
A tumbleweed will grow.
So, it’s goodbye now you’ll never know how I’m grievin’.
One more ride!
ABOUT THIS SONG
“One More Ride” was preceded by one of Bob Nolan's most enduring songs, "Way Out There" (copyright October 2, 1933) with the same train whistle yodel chorus.
SHEET MUSIC
"One More Ride" was copyright on July 4, 1936 and included in the 1936 Songs of the Pioneers Folio No. 2 by Cross & Winge, Inc. and then American Music, Inc
RECORDINGS
SONS OF THE PIONEERS TRANSCRIPTION RECORDINGS
Standard Radio transcriptions, No. 3393 (1936)
Orthacoustic Symphonies of the Sage transcription, (064093)
Teleways Radio Productions transcriptions, Nos. 26, 66, 78, and 250 (c. 1947-48)