Lay down boys, take a little nap
Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Fourteen miles to Cumberland Gap

Cumberland Gap is a place of rocks
Home of the panther and the bear and the fox
First white man to the Cumberland Gap
Was Dr. Walker an English chap

Lay down boys, take a little nap
Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Gonna raise hell at the Cumberland Gap

Daniel Boone up on Pinnacle Rock
He killed a bear with an old flintlock
Cumberland Gap is a fearsome place
The shells go off right in your face

Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Gonna raise hell at the Cumberland Gap

In September of '62
Morgan's Yankees all withdrew
Kirby Smith and his rebel band
He run George Morgan back to Yankee land
Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Gonna raise hell at the Cumberland Gap

They spike their guns and let them drop
Over the cliffs of the mountaintop
They burn the hay, the mule, and the meat
And left us rebels with nothing to eat

Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Lay down boys gonna take a little nap
Gonna raise hell at the Cumberland Gap

So come on boys, no time to nap
Come on boys and lift your cap
Come on boys give a rebel yell
Send them Yankees straight to hell

Come on boys, no time to nap
Come on boys, no time to nap
Come on boys, no time to nap
We're gonna raise hell at the Cumberland Gap

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