Ballad Of Davy Crockett chords by Burl Ives

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Born
on a
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mountaintop in Tennessee
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A green estate in the
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land of the free
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Raised in the woods so he knew every tree
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He  killed himself a bear when
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he was only three
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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King of the Wild Frontier
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Off through the woods he went
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a -marchin' along
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Makin' up yarns and singin' a song
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Itchin' for fightin',
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always rightin' a wrong
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He was ringy as a bear
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and twice as strong
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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King of the Wild Frontier
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Fought single -handed
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through the Indian War
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Till the tribes went west
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and peace was in store
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The rest of his life he took the stand
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The justice was due, the red -skinned man
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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King of the Wild Frontier
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He went off to Congress
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and served his spell
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Fixin' up the government
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and laws as well
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Took over Washington, so we heard tell
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And patched up the crack
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in the Liberty Bell
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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King of the Wild Frontier
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He heard of Houston and Austin and so
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To the Texas plains  he just had to go
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But the land was free,
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there was room to grow
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And he fought and died at the Alamo
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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king of the wild frontier
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Davy's land is biggest,
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Davy's land is best
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From the grassy plain
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s to the mountain crest
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He's ahead of us all,
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a -meetin' the test
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Followin' his legend into the West
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Davy, Davy Crockett,
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King of the Wild Frontier