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hartley@toto.pitton.com	Origins: Cumberland Gap (26)	Lyr Add: CUMBERLAND GAP	06 Jan 97
This is one of those songs that have many variations. One variation was sung with North and one by the South in the Civil War. Here is one I have heard with only 5 verses. You can probably make up an equal number and be a safe ground in the folk tradition. CUMBERLAND GAP 1--Me and my wife and my wife's pap. We all live down in the Cumberland Gap. CHORUS Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Gap. We all live in the Cumberland Gap. 2--Cumberland Gap is a noted place Three kinds of water to wash your face. 3--The first white man in the Cumberland Gap Was Doctor Walker, an English Chap. Ch 4--Daniel Boone on Pinnacle Rock, Killed many Injuns with his old flintlock. Ch 5--Lay down, boys, and take a little nap. Fo'teen miles to the Cumberland Gap. Ch

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