There's a land that flows with milk and honey There for the taking so I've heard So kiss your cousin and aunt goodbye Lets up head up to Harrodsburg Sweetheart round up all the youngins And I'll gather up the stock Us and the cow, the mule and dogs got Nigh on a two week walk There's Indians hiding in the woods and the canebrakes But if there's a chance of a new life well that's a chance I'm willing to take Up in Harrodsburg There's timber a'plenty and graze abounds Covered with buffalo herds In the fall we'll hunt deer in the spring boil syrup Up in Harrodsburg They say ole Harrod has built him a fort Sturdy as a hickory tree Oh I can't wait to lay these eyes Upon the Cantuckee There's Indians hiding in the woods and the canebrakes But if there's a chance of a new life well that's a chance I'm willing to take Up in Harrodsburg There's Indians hiding in the woods and the canebrakes But if there's a chance of a new life well that's a chance I'm willing to take Up in Harrodsburg