Cumberland Gap

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Cumberland GapIn the shady hollers, 'long the Cumberland lineJenny's man got busted, for runnin' good moonshinethey said she was outta credit, at the general storethen she she heard two guys whistle, at the homemade top she worewell, she went out huntin', brought home some possum peltswith her sewing machine she made some jeans n scarves n beltshad her big grand opening, out there in the pinesoutside her man's old stillhouse, she hung up her signthe Cumberland Gapwith boar-skin caps and coyote chapsshe's got two barrelsfulla rock salt n pelletsyeah, if she can sight itshe's gonna kill itand what don't go on the shelfgoes in her skilletso c'mon hillbillies don't be sillywhy pay more shop the clothing storecalled the Cumberland GapJenny's got two scarecrows, modeling hatbands out frontneighbors ain't heard bullfrogs, in the woods for monthsFarmer Semple came back askin', what his pants were made ofcos ev'ry hound around humps his leg like it's loveyeah, it's the Cumberland Gapwith boar-skin caps and coyote chapsshe does some tradin'with alligator wranglersgets the skin for her glovesfrom old snake handlersmakes cheap spurs for cowboyswith mule-deer antlersso c'mon hillbillies don't be sillywhy pay more shop the clothing storecalled the Cumberland Gapwell, Jenny was vistin' folksway up in Roanokeand it nearly knocked her polecat socks offshe was browsin' at Searsand knew rabbitfur brasseireswere nuthin' but a knock-offof the Cumberland Gapwith boar-skin caps and coyote chapsshe makes granny's girdlesand mama's bosom garmentsoutta litters of crittersand wild mountain varmintscareful in the foosey shedcos mister that ain't Charminso c'mon hillbillies don't be sillywhy pay more shop the clothing storecalled the Cumberland Gap(c)2006 Robert George

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