photo by sarah hawker

GOING ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN

Traditional, from Frank Proffitt

Going across the mountain

Oh fair ye well

Going across the mountain

Hear my banjo tell

Going across the mountain

Join the boys in blue

When this war is over

I'll come back to you

Going across the mountain

Oh fair ye well

Going across the mountain

Oh fair ye well

Got my rations on my back

My powder it is dry

Going across the mount

Crissie don't you cry

Going across the mountain

Oh fair ye well

Going across the mountain

Oh fair ye well

Waitin' for it's good daylight

If nothin happens to me

I'll be way down yonder

In old Tennessee

Going across the mountain

Oh fair ye well

Going across the mountain

Oh fair ye well

'Spect you'll miss me when I'm gone

But I'm going through

When this fighting's over

I'll come back to you

Going across the mountain

Oh fair ye well

Going across the mountain

Oh fair ye well

Going across the mountain

Oh fair ye well

Going across the mountain

Hear my banjo tell