Isn't it "I took the train to Richmond, it fell"? Richmond that is, not the train. Why would he sell the train, and to whom?

Actually I've never thought that that song made much sense anyway, although it has a nice melody.

Who is Stoneman, anyway? I don't recall ever reading a reference to him or his cavalry.

"Fiddlers' Green" is a prime example of a fairly recent song that sounds traditional. So is The Dark Island. Down east most people think that Cape Breton Lullaby is traditional. It isn't, was written by Kenneth Leslie, first appeared in print in the 1960's, and is very much still in copyright. Some of the well-known Newfoundland songs which people think of as traditional were written in this century, and their authors are known.