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Cumberland Gap | TML # 002349 |
Click Play Speed | Slow 1/4=120 | Medium 1/4=160 | Fast 1/4=240 |
This is another of those old fiddle tunes. There are many variations of tune as well as extra parts. Stories of the settlement of Cumberland Gap. Texts may have a variety of verses, about exploration or the Civil War. This melody is played as a dance tune throughout the southeast. |
I laid down took a little nap Forty one miles from the Cumberland Gap Chor Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Gap Forty one miles from the Cumberland Gap I got a gal in Cumberland Gap, She's got a baby calls me pap. Daniel Boone on Pinnacle Rock He killed injuns with an old flintlock. |
Cumberland Gap's a mighty fine place Can't get water to wash your face. Cumberland Gap with It's cliffs and rocks home of the panther bear and fox. Me and my wife and my wifes pap, Danced our way home to Cumberland Gap. |
This royalty free score was generated by the Traditional Music Library On Line Tunebook (Shareware Version). As-is copies of this score may be freely distributed. Further info from WWW.TRADITIONALMUSIC.CO.UK |