Davy

Davy Crockett

King of the Wild Frontier

Oh, it's funky

But it has a country feel

Is that Tower of Power?

Born on a mountaintop

In Tennessee

The greenest state in the land of the free

Raised in the woods, so's he knew every tree

Killed him a bear when he was only three

Davy

Davy Crockett

King of the Wild Frontier

Well somebody had to map it

Fought single-handed through many a war

Til the enemy was whipped and peace was in store

And while he was handling this risky chore

He made himself a legend forevermore

Davy

David Crockett

The man who no fear

So romantic

Now he gets responsible

He went off to Congress and served a spell

Fixing up the government and the laws as well

Took over Washington

So I've heard tell

And he patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell

David!

Davy Crockett

Seeing his duty clear

When he came home, his politicking was done

And 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 pioneers

Just think about all that wilderness

And nobody had really been there before

Just him and his gun

I should think the old burro or something

Somebody to carry a few things

Probably somebody to take down the tent

Um, I don't – did they have Zippos then?

Lighting the campfire?

Quite hard to find sausages

Or a frying pan

He also had that extraordinary hat, remember that hat?

Made of some sort of animal – a raccoon, I think

Stripey, sort of stripey

I remember singing this song when I was very little

Sort of stripey... tail on his hat

Very, very strange look