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! Daniel stood on the pinnacle rock Lookin' up and down the mountain Took his trusty old flint-lock Daniel started shoutin', shoutin' Kentucky, she's a-waiting on the other side Give you the fever, put the daylight in your eyes Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap