Bill Hayes Ballad Of Davy Crockett Lyrics

Ballad Of Davy Crockett Lyrics

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee
greenest state in the land of the
free
raised in the woods so he knew ev'ry tree
kilt him a b'ar when he
was only three
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!

In
eighteen thirteen the Creeks uprose
addin' redskin arrows to the country's
woes
Now, Injun fightin' is somethin' he knows,
so he shoulders his rifle
an' off he goes
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear!

Off
through the woods he's a marchin' along
makin' up yarns an' a singin' a
song
itchin' fer fightin' an' rightin' a wrong
he's ringy as a b'ar an'
twict as strong
Davy, Davy Crockett, the buckskin buccaneer!

Andy
Jackson is our gen'ral's name
his reg'lar soldiers we'll put to
shame
Them redskin varmints us Volunteers'll tame
'cause we got the guns
with the sure-fire aim
Davy, Davy Crockett, the champion of us
all!~

Headed back to war from the ol' home place
but Red Stick was
leadin' a merry chase
fightin' an' burnin' at a devil's pace
south to the
swamps on the Florida Trace
Davy, Davy Crockett, trackin' the redskins
down!

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

He give his word an' he give his hand
that his Injun
friends could keep their land
An' the rest of his life he took the
stand
that justice was due every redskin band
Davy, Davy Crockett,
holdin' his promise dear!

Home fer the winter with his family
happy
as squirrels in the ol' gum tree
bein' the father he wanted to be
close
to his boys as the pod an' the pea
Davy, Davy Crockett, holdin' his
young'uns dear!

But the ice went out an' the warm winds came
an' the
meltin' snow showed tracks of game
An' the flowers of Spring filled the
woods with flame
an' all of a sudden life got too tame
Davy, Davy
Crockett, headin' on West again!

Off through the woods we're ridin'
along
makin' up yarns an' singin' a song
He's ringy as a b'ar an' twict
as strong
an' knows he's right 'cause he ain' often wrong
Davy, Davy
Crockett, the man who don't know fear!

Lookin' fer a place where the air
smells clean
where the trees is tall an' the grass is green
where the fish
is fat in an untouched stream
an' the teemin' woods is a hunter's
dream
Davy, Davy Crockett, lookin' fer Paradise!

Now he's lost his
love an' his grief was gall
in his heart he wanted to leave it all
an'
lose himself in the forests tall
but he answered instead his country's
call
Davy, Davy Crockett, beginnin' his campaign!

Needin' his help
they didn't vote blind
They put in Davy 'cause he was their kind
sent up
to Nashville the best they could find
a fightin' spirit an' a thinkin'
mind
Davy, Davy Crockett, choice of the whole frontier!

The votes
were counted an' he won hands down
so they sent him off to Washin'ton
town
with his best dress suit still his buckskins brown
a livin' legend
of growin' renown
Davy, Davy Crockett, the Canebrake Congressman!

He
went off to Congress an' served a spell
fixin' up the Govern'ments an' laws
as well
took over Washin'ton so we heered tell
an' patched up the crack
in the Liberty Bell
Davy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear!

Him
an' his jokes travelled all through the land
an' his speeches made him
friends to beat the band
His politickin' was their favorite brand
an'
everyone wanted to shake his hand
Davy, Davy Crockett, helpin' his legend
grow!

He knew when he spoke he sounded the knell
of his hopes for
White House an' fame as well
But he spoke out strong so hist'ry books
tell
an' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell
Davy, Davy Crockett,
seein' his duty clear!

When he come home his politickin' done
the
western march had just begun
So he packed his gear an' his trusty gun
an'
lit out grinnin' to follow the sun
Davy, Davy Crockett, leadin' the
pioneer!

He heard of Houston an' Austin so
to the Texas plains he
jest had to go
Where freedom was fightin' another foe
an' they needed him
at the Alamo
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear!

His
land is biggest an' his land is best
from grassy plains to the mountain
crest
He's ahead of us all meetin' the test
followin' his legend into the
West
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!