In the great Smokey Mountains ..of North Carolina

That’s where I have rambled for many long years

In the great Smokey Mountains of North Carolina

I followed the trail of tears … oooooh

I’ve been thinkin of days gone by

I’ve been raisin my spirits high

I’ve been wakin up the years

Memories of our mountain home

Now I wander all alone

I been blinkin back the tears

Chorus:

In the great Smokey Mountains…

Yellow tallow candle burning brightly in the window

Callin me back through the pain

Hoof beats sound like thunder, battle cries steal the wonder

Lightning illuminates the rain

Chorus:

In the great Smokey Mountains…

Dusty barefeet standin on a road that leads to nowhere

From our empty cabin door

Redcloud said he saw you on that path in Oklahoma

But no one remembers anymore

Chorus: In the great Smokey Mountains…