Cumberland River Tennessee, where it is joined by the Obey River and Caney Fork. Northeast of Nashville, the river is dammed twice more, forming Cordell Hull Lake and Old Hickory Lake. After flowing through Nashville and picking up the Stones River, the river is dammed to form Cheatham Lake. The river turns northwest toward Clarksville, where it is joined by the Red River, and then flows back into Kentucky at the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, a section of land nestled between Lake Barkley, which is fed by the Cumberland River, and Kentucky Lake. Finally, the river flows north and
On the Banks of the Old Raritan song, or "alma mater". Fuller wrote the lyrics in two hours setting them to the tune of a popular melody "On the Banks of the Old Dundee." According to a later interview with the "Rutgers Alumni Monthly", Fuller stated he chose "On the Banks of the Old Dundee" as the song "immediately struck me that the air of that song had the right melody and the stirring and martial swing for an effective college song." "On the Banks of the Old Raritan" and thirteen other Rutgers songs appeared in the second edition of the "Carmina Collegensia", published in 1876. It