CUMBERLAND GAP*
Traditional/Lomax

Lay down, boys, and take a little nap
Lay down, boys, and take a little nap
Lay down, boys, and take a little nap
Fourteen miles to the Cumberland Gap.
 
The first white man in Cumberland Gap
The first white man in Cumberland Gap
The first white man in Cumberland Gap
Was Doctor Walker an English chap.
 
Lay down, boys, and take a little nap
Lay down, boys, and take a little nap
Lay down, boys, and take a little nap
They're raisin' hell in the Cumberland Gap.
 
Old Daniel Boone on the Pinnacle Rock
Old Daniel Boone on the Pinnacle Rock
Old Daniel Boone on the Pinnacle Rock
He killed Injuns with an old flint lock.
 
Now Cumberland Gap is a noted place
Now Cumberland Gap is a noted place
Now Cumberland Gap is a noted place
Here's three kinds of water to wash your face.
 
Cumberland Gap with its cliffs and rocks
Cumberland Gap with its cliffs and rocks
Cumberland Gap with its cliffs and rocks
The home of the panther the bear and the fox.
 
September morning '62
September morning '62
September morning '62
Morgan's Yankees all withdrew.
 
They spiked "long tom" on the mountain top
They spiked "long tom" on the mountain top
They spiked "long tom" on the mountain top
And over the cliffs they let him drop.
 
They burned the hay, the meal and meat
They burned the hay, the meal and meat
They burned the hay, the meal and meat
And left the Rebels nothing to eat.
 
Braxton Bragg with his rebel band
Braxton Bragg with his rebel band
Braxton Bragg with his rebel band
He run George Morgan to the blue grass land.
 
Now Cumberland Gap is not very far
Now Cumberland Gap is not very far
Now Cumberland Gap is not very far
It's just a littel piece from Middlesboro.

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*The Cumberland Gap is that part of West Virginia bordering on Kentucky and Tennessee. In June, 1862, General Morgan captured the Gap and then lost it under pressure from Confederate forces on September 17, 1862.