Cumberland Blues
Song Information
Song Title
Cumberland Blues
Song Origin
Cover
Written By
Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter
Made Famous By
The Grateful Dead
Song Stats
Shortest Version
05:40 (2022-04-14)
Longest Version
14:11 (2023-04-28)
Total Times Played
45
Longest Gap
2023-06-1321 2023-07-26
Longest Streak
2022-04-264 2022-04-29
Song Charts
Shows with Cumberland Blues
  • Pearl Street Warehouse - Washington, District of Columbia 2023-10-14
    Set One
    Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train , Can I Change My Mind 1, Half Moon Night > , Arkansas Traveler, 'Til The Daylight, Big Iron > , Cantina Band, Gotta Get Southbound
    Set Two
    Hi-Country, Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert 2, Down By The Riverside 3, Down Bedford, Better Deal Blues, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), Everybody's Talkin', Chore 2
    Encore
    Ramblin' Man > , Cumberland Blues
  • The Loft - Atlanta, Georgia 2023-10-07
    Set One
    Rose In A Garden, Fox On The Run, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Doggone Cowboy > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Faded Lovin', Hard To Tell, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
    Set Two
    Hi-Country, Sugar Shack 1, Down Bedford, Ramblin' Fever, Ten Feet Of Rope > 2, Double Exposure 3, Everybody's Talkin', Chore 3
    Encore
    Cumberland Blues
  • The Lot At FTC - Fairfield, Connecticut 2023-07-26
    Set One
    Lose Your Mind > , Mystery Train , Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Darlin’ Cory > , Arkansas Traveler, Rose In A Garden, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert 1, Sugar Shack 2, Cigar Time, Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Weathervane (Reprise) , Why You Been Gone So Long, Ten Feet Of Rope > 3, Double Exposure 1
    Encore
    Cumberland Blues
  • Music Box Supper Club - Cleveland, Ohio 2023-06-13 1
    Set One
    Why You Been Gone So Long, Hi-Country, Half Moon Night, Justice > , Jessica, Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train , Gotta Get Southbound, Faded Lovin', Ten Feet Of Rope > 2, Double Exposure 3, Love's Gonna Live Here
    Encore
    Cumberland Blues
  • Republic NOLA - New Orleans, Louisiana 2023-04-28
    Set One
    Lose Your Mind, Why You Been Gone So Long, Chore, Dire Wolf (FTP) 1, Dark Star (FTP) 1, Cumberland Blues 1, Wichita Lineman (FTP) > 2, Soul Island (FTP) 2
    Set Two
    Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Ten Feet Of Rope > 3, Double Exposure 4, Summertime (FTP) 5, My Bucket's Got a Hole in It (FTP) > 6, Down By The Riverside > 6, This Little Light Of Mine (FTP) 6, 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (FTP) 7, They Love Each Other 7, Dance In The Desert 8
  • The Broadberry - Richmond, Virginia 2023-03-16
    Set One
    Justice > , Jessica, Fourteen Carat Mind, Lose Your Mind, Gotta Get Southbound, Sugar Shack 1, Why You Been Gone So Long, Half Moon Night > , Arkansas Traveler
    Set Two
    Always Been A Lover, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Weathervane (Reprise) , Faded Lovin', Chore
    Encore
    Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert 2, Cumberland Blues
  • Garcia's At The Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, New York 2023-03-14
    Set One
    Why You Been Gone So Long, Lose Your Mind, Fourteen Carat Mind, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Free Wheelin' 1, Weathervane, Half Moon Night, Big Iron > , Cantina Band
    Set Two
    Hi-Country, Chore, Faded Lovin', Cigar Time, Sugar Shack 2, Candyman (FTP) , Dance In The Desert 3
    Encore
    Cumberland Blues
  • Lark Hall - Albany, New York 2023-03-09
    Set One
    Fourteen Carat Mind, Lose Your Mind, Faded Lovin', Sugar Shack 1, Gotta Get Southbound, Half Moon Night, Fox On The Run > , Darlin’ Cory > , Arkansas Traveler, Rose In A Garden, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental)
    Set Two
    Hi-Country, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Chore, Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Weathervane (Reprise) , Mystery Train , Ten Feet Of Rope 2, Double Exposure 3
    Encore
    Cumberland Blues
  • Soundcheck Studios - Pembroke, Massachusetts 2023-03-08
    Set One
    Fourteen Carat Mind, Lose Your Mind, Faded Lovin', Why You Been Gone So Long, Hard To Tell, Sugar Shack 1, Half Moon Night, Railroad Bill, Big Iron > , Cantina Band
    Set Two
    Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Weathervane (Reprise) , Chore, Ten Feet Of Rope > 2, Double Exposure 3, Mystery Train , Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert 3
    Encore
    Cumberland Blues
  • XL Live - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 2023-03-04
    Set One
    Hi-Country, Why You Been Gone So Long, Faded Lovin', Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Sugar Shack 1, Chore, Half Moon Night, Railroad Bill, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental)
    Set Two
    Lose Your Mind, Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert > 2, A Horse With No Name > , Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Dance In The Desert (Reprise) , Ten Feet Of Rope > 3, Double Exposure 2
    Encore
    Cumberland Blues
Lyrics

I can't stay much longer, Melinda.

The sun is getting high.

I can't help you with your troubles,

If you won't help with mine.


I gotta get down,

I gotta get down,

Gotta get down to the mine.


You keep me up just one more night,

I can't sleep here no more.

Little Ben clock says quarter to eight,

You kept me up till four.


I gotta get down,

I gotta get down,

Or I can't work there no more.


Lotta poor man make a five dollar bill,

Will keep him happy all the time.

Some other fellow's making nothing at all,

And you can hear him cry.

Can I go, buddy, can I go down,

Take your shift at the mine?


Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine.

Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine.

That's where I mainly spend my time.

Make good money, five dollars a day.

If I made any more I might move away.


Lotta poor man got the Cumberland Blues,

He can't win for losing.

Lotta poor man got to walk the line,

Just to pay his union dues.

I don't know now, I just don't know.

If I'm coming back again.

I don't know now, I just don't know,

If I'm coming back again.

I don't know now, I just don't know,

If I'm coming back again.