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Lay
down, Boys, and take a little nap,
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lay down, Boys, and take a little nap,
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Em
lay down, Boys, and take a little nap,
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(fast)
C
G
fourteen miles to the Cumberland Gap.
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The
first white man in Cumberland Gap,
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The
first white man in Cumberland Gap,
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Em
The
first white man in Cumberland Gap,
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was a
Doctor Walker, an English chap.
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Daniel
Boone on Pinnacle Rock.
He killed Indians with an old flintlock.
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Cumberland
Gap is a noted place,
three kinds of water to wash your face.
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Cumberland
Gap with its cliff and rocks,
home of the panther, the bear, and the fox.
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September
mornin' in sixty-two,
Morgan's Yankees all withdrew.
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They
spiked long Tom on the mountain top,
and over the cliffs they let him drop.
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They
burned the hay, the meal, and the meat,
and left the Rebels nothing to eat.
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Braxton
Bragg with his Rebel band,
he run George Morgan to the blue-grass land.
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The
Rebels now will give a little yell,
they'll scare the darkies all to hell.
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Ole
Aunt Dina, if you don't care,
leave my little jug settin' right there.
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If it's
not here when I come back,
I'll raise all hell in the Cumberland Gap.
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I've
got a woman in Cumberland Gap.
She's got a boy that calls me "Pap."
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Me and
my wife's, ole grand'pap,
all raise hell in the Cumberland Gap.