Lay down boys, take a little nap
16 miles till the Cumberland gap
Lay down boys, take a little nap
16 miles till the Cumberland gap

Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Gap

All dead and gone
All dead and gone
All dead and gone

My old man and my grandpap
First white men through the Cumberland Gap
My old man and my grandpap
First white men through the Cumberland Gap

Cumberland gap
Cumberland Gap

All dead and gone
All dead and gone
All dead and gone

Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Gap
16 miles till the Cumberland gap
Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Gap
16 miles till the Cumberland gap
Cumberland Gap
Cumberland Gap

All dead and gone
All dead and gone
All dead and gone