Grandpa Jones - Sweet Lips (Battle of King's Mountain) Lyrics

Lyrics Sweet Lips (Battle of King's Mountain) - Grandpa Jones



It was back in '81, that a man named Washington
Put fighting hard for freedom in this land
But his men were poor and ragged and against the British gun
Well he didn't even dare to make a stand
Old Ferguson was marching toward the Carolina hills
Making brags, saying "Hang a man to every tree"
But the news that he was coming raced across the mountaintop
And they heard about it over in Tennessee
At the shuls of old Watauga, where the sycamores grow tall
They rallied around old Nolichucky Jack
And they said they
"We'll drive the redcoats back across the briny deep
Yes, we'll lick 'em hard, we're never comin' back"
There was 'Chucky Jack and Campbell
Colonel Shelby and their band
Mountaineers who loved their liberty
Then a lovesick boy named Gilliam with a brand-new rifle gun,
Named for his girl in Tennessee
Sweet Lips, blows the rifle
Named for a girl in Tennessee
When Sweet Lips spoke, the chains about it broke
She struck a mighty blow for liberty
When they rode across the mountain, toward the Carolina soil
The tarheels with the muskets gathered 'round
To go and head off Ferguson before he got to them
To hang 'em all and burn the houses down
When Ferguson heard the mountain men were camping on his trail,
He first began to laugh and then to scoff
He said,
"We'll go up on King's Mountain, and then let the rebels come"
"For the powers of hell will never drive me off"
But Campbell and Ben Cleveland, Colonel Shelby and their men
Had knowledge of old Nolichucky Jack
Well, they loaded up their rifles and they combed the mountainside
Said, "We'll lick 'em hard, we're never coming back"
Oh, he blew his silver whistle, and he shouted, and he cursed
"Use your 'vantage to drive the rebels back!"
But the redcoats never made it, for before they reached the line
The mountain rifle jumped them in their tracks
Sweet Lips, blows the rifle
Named for a girl in Tennessee
When Sweet Lips spoke, the chains about it broke
She struck a mighty blow for liberty
Old Ferguson was dashing up and down the battlefield
And it seemed that he must lead a life of charm
For the mountaineers were aiming at his gaudy checkered coat
But their bullets passed him by and did no harm
Then up stepped young John Gilliam with his brand-new rifle gun
"Named for his girl back home", he said
"Well, I wonder what Sweet Lips can do", and he when he took his aim
Sweet Lips spoke, and Ferguson fell dead
Cornwallis heard that Ferguson and all his men were lost
And he said, "This place is just too hot for me"
So he soon went onto Yorktown, where he laid his weapons down
And ever since this country has been free
Sweet Lips, blows the rifle
Named for a girl in Tennessee
When Sweet Lips spoke, the chains about it broke
She sure did did her part for liberty



Writer(s): Scotty Wiseman


Grandpa Jones - Everybody's Grandpa

1 Grasshopper McClain
2 Old Bill
3 Groundhog
4 Goin' Down to the River (Alt)
5 Mighty Long Way to Travel
6 The Valley of the Never Do No Good
7 Four Stone Walls
8 All Night Long
9 A Dollar Short
10 Count Your Blessings
11 Coal Camp
12 Here I Am Makin' Plans
13 Green Hills of Home
14 I've Just Been Gone Too Long
15 Are You Sleeping Daddy Darlin'
16 Tritzem Yodel
17 The Mountain Man
18 Any Old Time
19 Deep Dark Corner of My Mind
20 Waitin' for a Train
21 Baby-O
22 My Old Lady
23 Dear Old Sunny South
24 Brown Girl and Fair Eleanor
25 Four Winds a-Blowin'
26 Brakeman's Blues
27 Intro
28 Lullaby Yodel
29 Peach Picking Time in Georgia
30 Joke
31 Hobo Bill
32 Dooley
33 Away Out on the Mountain
34 The Air, the Sunshine and the Rain
35 Roll Along Kentucky Moon
36 Castles in the Air
37 Waiting for a Train (Alt)
38 You and My Old Guitar
39 T for Texas (Alt)
40 Rocky Top
41 Tritzem Yodel (Undubbed)
42 The Ladies Man
43 John Henry
44 The Thing
45 The Last Ol' Shevel
46 Hip Cat's Wedding
47 Southern Bound
48 These Hills
49 Billy Yank and Johnny Reb
50 Goodbye Reb
51 Sweet Fern
52 Kickin' Mule
53 Going from the Cotton Fields
54 Fatal Wedding
55 Devilish Mary
56 The Ladies Man (Alt)
57 Hip Cat's Wedding (Alt)
58 Night Train to Memphis (Alt)
59 Root Hog Root
60 Here Comes the Champion
61 Banjo Am the Instrument
62 Springtime Comes but Once a Year
63 Eight More Miles to Louisville (Master)
64 The Little Old Lady
65 Springtime Comes but Once a Year (Alt)
66 Eight More Miles to Louisville (Without Tambourine)
67 Eight More Miles to Louisville (Alt Without Tambourine)
68 On the Jericho Raod
69 Just Over in the Gloryland
70 The Glory Land Way
71 Lonesome Train (Ramona Jones)
72 Sandy Land (Ramona Jones)
73 Send Me a Red Roses (Ramona Jones)
74 Christmas Roses
75 Christmas Guest
76 Heart Full of Love
77 Goin' Down to the River
78 Moon of Arizona
79 Steady Drips of Water
80 Everything I Had Going for Me Is Gone
81 Trouble in Mind (version 1)
82 Trouble in Mind (version 2)
83 That's All This Old World Needs
84 Bill's Gonna Soon Be Home
85 Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (But Not Around Me)
86 I've Learned to Leave That to the Lord
87 Old Troupe Dog
88 Sweet Lips (Battle of King's Mountain)
89 Plans)
90 I'll Just Keep Living Alone




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