Name: Going Across The Mountain
Duration: P00H04M22S
Description: This song was passed down to us by Frank Proffitt, and is a letter from a pro-Union guerilla, fighting in the Appalachian mountains during the Civil War, to his lover. We added in interludes of “John Brown’s March”, and wrote a final verse. We dedicate this song the revolutionary fighters in Rojava.

Going Across The Mountain

from In The Ruins They've Left Us, We'll Plant Gardens Still by Wooden Shoe Ramblers

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This song was passed down to us by Frank Proffitt, and is a letter from a pro-Union guerilla, fighting in the Appalachian mountains during the Civil War, to his lover. We added in interludes of “John Brown’s March”, and wrote a final verse. We dedicate this song the revolutionary fighters in Rojava.

lyrics

Goin' across the mountain, oh fare thee well
Goin' 'cross the mountain, you can hear my banjo tell
Got my rations on my back, my powder it is dry
Goin' across the mountains, Chrissy don't you cry

Well I'm goin' across the mountain, oh fare thee well
Goin' 'cross the mountains, you can hear my banjo tell

Leave before it's good daylight, if nothin' happens to me
By this time tomorrow I'll be in in Tennessee
Guess you'll miss me when I'm gone but I'm goin' through
When the war is over, I'll come back to you

Well I'm goin' across the mountain, oh fare thee well
Goin' 'cross the mountains, you can hear my banjo tell

Goin' across the mountain even if I have to crawl
Gonna give Jeff Davis a piece of my rifle ball
No slave or no freedman ever done me any harm,
ain't gonna lay my life down for no rich man's cotton farm

Well I'm goin' across the mountain, oh fare thee well
Goin' 'cross the mountains, you can hear my banjo tell

credits

from In The Ruins They've Left Us, We'll Plant Gardens Still, released December 23, 2020
Vocals: Whole Band
Banjo: Emmett Doyle
Accordion: Sam Adams
Snare and Guitar: R Young
Songwriting: Traditional with final verse by Emmett Doyle

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