Tim Curry - The Ballad of Davy Crockett lyrics

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 stripeytail on his hat
Very, very strange look