Bear Creek Clay

Ready

Long is the road that now lies before me

With my hound by my side and the rifle I carry

Walkin' both night and both day

Through the banks of the bear creek clay

I'll make my home on the Cumberland Mountain

Near the place where the water springs forth like a fountain

Flowing both night and both day

Through the banks of the bear creek clay

Birds a-flyin to the west I know what that means

Rocks a-jagged life's a-ragged 'tis the place for me

The kinda place to set you free

The wilderness calls like the voice of a maiden

But as I get closer the light starts a-fadin'

So I bend down to wash off my face

By the banks of the bear creek clay

I'll make my home on the highest of mountains

At the place where the water springs forth like a fountain

Flowing both night and both day

To the banks of the bear creek clay

Flowing both night and both day

To the banks of the bear creek clay