Goin' across the mountain
oh fare you well
Goin' across the mountain
you can hear my banjo tell

Got my rations on my back
my powder it is dry
I'm a-goin' across the mountain
Chrissie don't you cry

Goin' across the mountain
to join the boys in blue
When this war is over
I'll come back to you

Goin' across the mountain
If I have to crawl
To give old Jeff's men
a little of my rifle ball

Way before it's good daylight
if nothing happens to me
I'll be way down yonder
in old Tennessee

I expect you'll miss me when I'm gone
but I'm going through
When this war is over
I'll come back to you