David Rawlings - Cumberland Gap

Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap

Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap

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!