Trail of Tears
Peter Rowan
 
In the Great Smoky Mountains, of North Carolina
That's where I have rambled for many long years
In the Great Smoky Mountains, of North Carolina
I followed the trail of tears...
 
I've been thinking of days gone by
I've been raising my spirits high
I've been winking at the years
Memories of our mountain home
Now I wander all alone
I've been blinking back the tears
 
In the Great Smoky Mountains, of North Carolina
That's where I have rambled for many long years
In the Great Smoky Mountains, of North Carolina
I followed the trail of tears...
 
Yellow tallow candle burning brightly in the window
Calling me back through the pain
Hoof beats sound like thunder, battle cries steal the wonder
Lightning illuminates the rain
 
In the Great Smoky Mountains, of North Carolina
That's where I have rambled for many long years
In the Great Smoky Mountains, of North Carolina
I followed the trail of tears...
 
Dusty bare feet standing on a road that leads to nowhere
From our empty cabin door
Red Cloud said he saw you on that path to Oklahoma
But no one remembers anymore
 
In the Great Smoky Mountains, of North Carolina
That's where I have rambled for many long years
In the Great Smoky Mountains, of North Carolina
I followed the trail of tears...
 
 
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