Cumberland Gap

(words collected by Peter Budd)

From Gid Tanner and Skillet Lickers. On Hear those Southern
Fiddle and Guitar Records. Rounder LP.

Chorus: 
Me and my wife and my wife’s pap 
Walked all the way to Cumberland Gap

Sal got mad, give her a slap
Said she’s going to Cumberland Gap 

Chorus

Way down yonder sitting on a log
Finger on a trigger and eye on a hog 

Chorus

Hack broke down and we’re going to fall
Down came my wife, hack and all 

Chorus

She brought a horse, the darn thing balked
Then we had to get out and walk 

Chorus



Cumberland Gap

From Iron Mountain String Band

It ain’t too far to Cumberland Gap
Sixteen miles up there and back

Chorus: 
Cumberland Gap it aint my home
Goin’ leave old Cumberland alone

Lay down boys, take a little ease
Have a little battle with the chiggers and fleas

Drove my mule to Cumberland Gap
She went up there and she won’t come back

First white man in the Cumberland Gap
(three wise men in ...)
Me and Dad, my old Grandpap

Lay down boys, take a little nap
You’ll all wake up in Cumberland Gap

Daniel Boone on the Pinnacle Rock
Shootin’ down the Injun’s with his old flintlock