The Songs He Sang
Cumberland Gap: Lyrics
As performed by Cisco Houston, Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry
Traditional
Appears on:Chorus: Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Gap Seventeen miles from the Cumberland Gap Cumberland Gap, Cumberland Gap Seventeen miles from the Cumberland Gap Lay down boys take a little nap, Seventeen miles from the Cumberland Gap Lay down boys and take a little nap, Seventeen miles from the Cumberland Gap Chorus: Cumberland Gap, it ain't nowhere Thirteen miles from Middlesburg Cumberland Gap, it ain't nowhere Thirteen miles from Middlesburg Chorus: Play it pretty, Sonny Hey, hey, ho-ho-ho Play it again Mighty pretty As I was a'going down the road I met that terrapin and I met that toad Then that time the terrapin sing Oh, don't touch that pigeon wing Chorus: Repeat chorus:
Of note:
Does nothing for me; some pleasant but hardly startling harmonica from Sonny Terry, but a trite song played with little of Cisco's skill showing.
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