Still told through the Cumberlands of Kentuck
in the famous Gap... there is a legend that says
there lies arustin' somewhere... mighty �Long Tom'...
a giant cannon used in the Civil War
The Confederates �spiked' him...
to render him useless... to fight no more
and then pushed him from a mountaintop
They say he has lain all these years... undiscovered
somewhere in these hills and hollars
in the shadows of Cumberland Mountain
what a thrill it would be
to stumble upon his resting place
Would I give out a rebel yell of discovery...
or would I retreat before this sleeping giant
... leaving him... to his mountain peace...

Long Tom' cannon on Long Tom Pass

About Author... Faye Sizemore makes her home in the beautiful foothills of South Carolina with Grant, the love of her life, as well as three dogs, two cats, two parakeets and four nanny goats. Grant is a Vietnam Veteran having served with the US Marines in 1968-69 and is, of course, Faye's muse. Faye is deeply interested in Veterans' Affairs and Veterans' Causes. She is very proud of Grant and her poetry is an off-shoot of that pride.

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