Brown Mountain Light

Written by Scotty Wiseman

Key of D · Chords: I V VII vi

Verse 1

Way up on old Linville Mountain
Where the bear and the catamount reign
A strange ghostly light appears every night
Which no scientist or hunter can explain.

Verse 2

   D
In the days of the old covered wagon
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When they camped on the flats for the night
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With the moon shinin’ dim o’er the old canyon rim
     D       A   D
They watched for that brown mountain light.

Verse 3

     D
High on the mountain
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And down in the valley below
It shines like the crown of an angel
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And fades as the mists come and go

Verse 4

    D
Way over yonder
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Night after night until dawn
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A faithful old slave comes back from the grave
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Is searching for his master who’s long gone.

Verse 5

     D
Many years ago a southern planter
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Came huntin’ in this wide world alone
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Then so they say the hunter lost his way
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And never returned to his home.

Verse 6

    D
His trusting ol’ slave brought a lantern
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And searched but in vain day and night
Now the ol’ slave is gone
but his spirit lingers on

Verse 7

    D              A           D
And the lantern it still casts it’s light.