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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