Cumberland-Josh Ritter
All of my friends said
"What's out in Cumberland?"
"Gonna get lonesome
when you get out to Cumberland."
"Stay in the city, boy,
winter is a wonderland."
They all mean well
I will remember them
(Oh boy)
Gotta get yourself
back to the country now, country now
(Oh boy)
Gotta get yourself
back to the country now
Wander through the hollow, honey
Wander through the glen
with fiddleheads,
copperheads, and moccasins
Build a little cabin,
honey, throw a window in
Watch the breeze blowin'
through the hickories and
(Oh boy)
Gotta get yourself back to
the country now, country now
(Oh boy)
Gotta get yourself
back to the country now
If you get there before I do
Tell everybody I'm a'coming too
I know a pretty girl
Prettiest that's ever been
Wild as a weed, sweeter than a mandolin
I ain't a handsome man
but I bet she'd take me as
Haven't met her yet
Bet she lives in Cumberland
(Oh boy)
Gotta get yourself
back to the country now, country now
(Oh boy)
Gotta get yourself
back to the country now
So 'fore you start talkin'
'bout the wonders of the world again
The Taj Mahol, the Great Wall,
place that I never been
Take a little drive,
take a little trip to Heaven and
Wonder for a while if
it's Paradise or Cumberland
(Oh boy)
Get yourself back to
the country now, country now
(Oh boy)
Gotta get yourself
back to the country now
(Oh boy)
Gotta get yourself back to
the country now, to the country now
(Oh boy)
Gotta get yourself
back to the country now