Goin' Across the Mountain
Journey of Resolve: Goin' Across the Mountain
Lyrics
Going across the mountain, oh fare ye well.
Expressing farewell and departure, likely for a journey or a significant event.
Going across the mountain, hear my banjo tell.
Using the banjo as a musical expression to convey emotions and messages while going across the mountain.
Got my rations on my back, my powder it is dry.
Carrying essential supplies ("rations") and ensuring preparedness with dry powder for a journey.
I'm going across the mountain, Chrissy don't you cry.
Reassuring someone named Chrissy not to worry or cry during the speaker's departure across the mountain.
I'm going across the mountain, to join the boys in blue.
Heading across the mountain to join the "boys in blue," likely referring to joining the Union army during the Civil War.
When the war is over I'll come back to you.
Expressing the intention to return to a loved one after the war is over.
Going across the mountain, if I have to crawl.
Determined to cross the mountain, even if it means crawling, emphasizing commitment to the cause.
I'll give ol' Jeff's men a little of my rifle ball.
Pledging to engage in combat ("rifle ball") against soldiers under Jefferson Davis ("ol' Jeff").
I expect you'll miss me when I'm gone, but I'm going through.
Acknowledging that the speaker will be missed during their absence but emphasizing their determination to proceed.
When the war is over, I'll come back to you.
Reiterating the commitment to return to a loved one after the war concludes.
Well, long before it's good daylight, if nothing happens to me,
Anticipating reaching a destination in Tennessee before daylight, provided nothing unexpected occurs.
I'll be way down yonder, In ole Tennessee.
Further emphasizing the destination in Tennessee as a significant point in the journey.
Going across the mountain, oh fare ye well.
Repeating the expression of farewell and departure as the journey across the mountain begins.
Going across the mountain, hear me banjo tell
Reiterating the use of the banjo to convey messages during the journey across the mountain.
Going across the mountain, oh fare ye well.
Final repetition of the farewell and departure expression as the speaker continues across the mountain.
Going across the mountain, oh fare ye well.
Concluding the song with a repeated farewell as the journey across the mountain concludes.
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