Ballad Of Davy Crockett

(album: Thereby Hangs A Tale - 1959)

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee
Greenest state in the land of the free
Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree
Kilt him a bar when he was only three
Davy Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier

In eighteen thirteen the Creeks uprose
Adding redskin arrows to the country's woes
Now Injun fighting is something he knows
So he shoulders his rifle and off he goes
Davy Davy Crockett the man who don't know fear

Off through the woods he's a marching along
Making up yarns and a singing a song
Itching for fighting and righting a wrong
He's crazy as a bar and twice as strong
Davy Davy Crockett the buckskin buccaneer

Fought single-handed through the Injun War
Till the Creeks was whipped an' peace was in store
An' while he was handling this risky chore
Made hisself a legend for evermore
Davy Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier

When he come home his politicking done
The western march had just begun
So he packed his gear and his trusty gun
And lit out grinning to follow the sun
Davy Davy Crockett leading the pioneer

He heard of Houston and Austin so
To the Texas plains he just had to go
Where freedom was fighting another foe
And they needed him at the Alamo
Davy Davy Crockett the man who don't know fear

His land is the biggest and his land is best
From grassy plains to the mountain crest
He's ahead of us all meeting the test
Following his legend in to the West
Davy Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier