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