Born on a mountain top in Tennessee
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Greenest state in the land of the free
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Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree
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Kilt him a bar when he was only three
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Davy Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier
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In eighteen thirteen the Creeks uprose
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Addin' redskin arrows to the country's woes
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Now Injun fightin' is somethin' he knows
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So he shoulders his rifle and off he goes
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Davy Davy Crockett the man who don't know fear
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Off through the woods he's a marchin' along
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Makin' up yarns and a singin' a song
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Itchin' for fightin' and rightin' a wrong
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He's crazy as a bar and twice as strong
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Davy Davy Crockett the buckskin buccaneer
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Fought single-handed through the Injun War
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Till the Creeks was whipped an' peace was in store
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An' while he was handlin' this risky chore
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Made hisself a legend for evermore
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Davy Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier
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[ banjo ]
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When he come home his politickin' done
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The western march had just begun
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So he packed his gear and his trusty gun
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And lit out grinnin' to follow the sun
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Davy Davy Crockett leading the pioneer
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He heard of Houston and Austin so
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To the Texas plains he just had to go
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Where freedom was fightin' another foe
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And they needed him at the Alamo
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Davy Davy Crockett the man who don't know fear
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His land is the biggest and his land is best
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From grassy plains to the mountain crest
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He's ahead of us all meetin' the test
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Following his legend in to the West
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Davy Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier
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Ballad Of Davy Crockett
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| Eddy Arnold |
