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Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap x2
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Kiss me mama, kiss your boy
Bless me wearing lucky
For I won't be back 'til I return
I'm going to old Kentucky
Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap
That's what the scouts all tell ya
Sure enough it'll make it tough
If it doesn't kill ya, kill ya
Kentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
Give you the fever
Put the daylight in your eye
Brother John's alReady gone
With a full good 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
My god he loved that woman
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Daniel stood on the pinnacle rock
Looking up and down the mountain
Took his trusty old flintlock
Daniel started shouting, shouting
Kentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
Give you the fever
Put the daylight in your eye
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