Rising Appalachia - Across the Blue Ridge Mountains lyrics

One morning, one morning, one morning in May
I overheard a married man to a young girl say
"Go dress you up, Pretty Katie
And come along with me
Across the Blue Mountains to the Allegheny
"I'll buy you a horse, love
And a saddle to ride
I'll buy myself another to ride by your side
We'll stop at every tavern we’ll
Drink when we’re dry
Across the Blue Mountains goes
My Katie and I" then up spoke her mother
And angry was she then
"Bright daughter, oh dear daughter
He is a married man

Besides, there's young men plenty
More handsome than he
Let him take his own wife to the Allegheny"
"But mother, oh dear mother
He's the man of my own heart
And wouldn't it be a dreadful thing for
Me and my love to part
I'd envy every woman who ever I did see
Who Crossed the Blue Mountains
To the Allegheny"
Well the last time I saw him
He was saddled to ride
With Katie, his darling
Right there by his side
A laughing and a singing and
Thankful to be free
To cross the Blue Mountain to the Allegheny
They left before daybreak on a
Buckskin and a roan

Past tall shivering pine trees
Where mockingbirds moan
Past dark cloudy windows where
Eyes may never see
Across the Blue Mountains to the Allegheny
One morning, one morning, one morning in May
I overheard a married man to a young girl say
"Go dress you up, Pretty Katie
And come along with me
Across the Blue Mountains to the Allegheny