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 n' 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, with the daylight in your eyes

Brother John's already gone

With the full-bird Cherokee maiden

He made the trip in the blizzard's grip

I'd rather wrestle Satan

Cumberland gap, it's a devil of a gap

Oh, it still 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 with 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