CUMBERLAND GAP*
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This song is written about a soldier who missed the battle of Antietam because he had no shoes.

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.
 
Daniel Boone on Pinnacle Rock...
Daniel Boone on Pinnacle Rock...
Daniel Boone on Pinnacle Rock...
He killed Indians with an old flintlock.
 
Cumberland Gap is a noted place...
Cumberland Gap is a noted place...
Cumberland Gap is a noted place...
Three kinds water to wash your face.
 
Cumberland Gap with its cliff and rocks...
Cumberland Gap with its cliff and rocks...
Cumberland Gap with its cliff and rocks...
Home of panther, bear and fox.
 
September mornin' in sixty-two...
September mornin' in sixty-two...
September mornin' in sixty-two...
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 the meat...
They burned the hay, the meal, and the meat...
They burned the hay, the meal, and the 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.
 
The Rebels now will give a little yell...
The Rebels now will give a little yell...
The Rebels now will give a little yell...
They'll scare the Yankees all to Hell.
 
Ol' Aunt Dinah, ef you don't keer...
Ol' Aunt Dinah, ef you don't keer...
Ol' Aunt Dinah, ef you don't keer...
Leave my little jug settin' right here.
 
Ef it's not here when I come back...
Ef it's not here when I come back...
Ef it's not here when I come back...
I'll raise Hell in Cumberland Gap.
 
Ol' Aunt Dinah took a little spell...
Ol' Aunt Dinah took a little spell...
Ol' Aunt Dinah took a little spell...
Broke my little jug all to Hell.
 
I've got a woman in Cumberland Gap...
I've got a woman in Cumberland Gap...
I've got a woman in Cumberland Gap...
She's got a boy that calls me "pap."
 
Me and my wife and my wife's grand' pap…
Me and my wife and my wife's grand' pap…
Me and my wife and my wife's grand' pap…
All raise Hell in Cumberland Gap.

From Soldiers' Songs which is a part of Songs of The Civil War