Cumberland Gap

Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap
 Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap
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 Kiss me momma, kiss your boy
 Bless me well and lucky
 For I won't be back 'til I return
 I'm gone to old Kentucky
 Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap
 That's what the scouts all tell ya
 Sure enough it may get tough
 If it doesn't kill ya, kill ya
 Kentucky, she's a-waiting on the other side
 Give you the fever, put the daylight in your eyes
 Brother John's already gone
 With a full-blood Cherokee maiden
 He made the trip in the blizzard's grip
 I'd rather wrestle Satan
 Cumberland gap, devil of a gap
 Oh, the snow kept coming
 Picked her up upon his back
 By God, he loved that woman!
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 Daniel stood on the pinnacle rock
 Lookin' up and down the mountain
 Took his trusty old flint-lock
 Daniel started shoutin', shoutin'
 Kentucky, she's a-waiting on the other side
 Give you the fever, put the daylight in your eyes
 
 Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap
 Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap
 Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap
 Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap