Duration: 1m50s

♪ Kiss me, mama Kiss your boy ♪ ♪ Bless me well and lucky ♪ ♪ For I won't be back Till 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-waitin' On the other side ♪ ♪ Give you the fever, put The daylight in your eyes ♪ ♪ Brother John's Already gone ♪ ♪ With the full-blood 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, 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 flintlock ♪ ♪ Daniel started shoutin' Shoutin' ♪ ♪ Kentucky, she's a-waitin' 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 ♪