[Verse 1]
Going across the mountain
Oh, fare you well
Going across the mountain
Hear my banjo tell

[Verse 2]
Got my rations on my back
My powder it is dry
I'm going across the mountain
Chrissie, don't you cry

[Verse 3]
Going across the mountain
To join the boys in blue
When the war is over
I'll come back to you

[Verse 4]
I'm going across the mountain
If I have to crawl
I'll give old Jeff's men
A little of my rifle ball

[Verse 5]
Way before it's good daylight
If nothing happens to me
I'll be way down yonder
In old Tennessee
[Verse 6]
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

[Verse 7]
Going across the mountain
Oh, fare you well
Going across the mountain
Oh, fare you well