Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains

Literally on top of Old Smoky

While, or whilst, I surveyed the literal top of Ole Smoky from Clingman’s Dome, I worried about freezing. It was so cold, that we could only stay there for a brief interlude. According to the song, it is covered with snow. It IS covered with snow. And you know what else is true?

A false-hearted lover is worse than a thief. For a thief, he will rob you and take what you have; a false-hearted lover will send you to your grave.

And this is true, too:

Not one girl in a hundred a poor boy can trust.
They’ll hug you and kiss you, and tell you more lies
Than cross lines on a railroad or stars in the skies
So come all you maidens and listen to me
Never place your affections on a green willow tree.
For the leaves they will wither and the roots they will die.
You’ll all be forsaken and never know why.

American Folk Song “On Top of Old Smoky”