Cumberland Requiem *
©2006, Roger Judd, CaneyFork Publishing, BMI
3/4 117bpm
[ Fare thee well, fare thee well, my bonnie darlin ]
[ Fare thee well, ye must leave here today ]
[ For a land so far away, yet alone I shall remain ]
[ till we meet on that Great Judgement Day ]
Twas a head of grey hair, and a lifetime ago
when I wandered from old Tennessee
from the beautiful Cumberland Plateau
Thats a place where I still long to be
There I courted a handsome young lady
that I thought I would marry someday
But my plans went astray and my heart broke on that day
when the Lord, up and called her away
* a funeral for my best friend's girlfriend