Ballad Of Davy Crockett

Album

Single

Label

Capitol Records

Genre

Stage & Screen

Composer(s)

Tom Blackburn;George Bruns

Entered Chart

Mar 19, 1955

Peak Date

May 7, 1955

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Capitol 3058

B-Side

Farewell

“The Ballad of Davy Crockett” is a song with music by George Bruns and lyrics by Thomas W. Blackburn. It was introduced on ABC’s television series Disneyland, in the premiere episode of October 27, 1954. Olivia B. Waxman for Time Magazine did a piece fact-checking the purported stories featured in the song on the 17th of August, 2016. Olivia based her fact-checking on Bob Thompson’s 2012 book Born On A Mountaintop: On The Road With Davy Crockett And The Ghosts Of The Wild Frontier.

[Verse 1]
Born on a mountain in Tennessee
Greenest state in the land of the free
Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree
He killed him a b'ar when he was only three

[Chorus]
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier

[Verse 2]
Fought single-handed thru the Injun war
'Till the Creeks was whipped and the peace was in store
And while he was a'handlin' this risky chore
Made hisself a legend forever more


[Chorus]
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear

[Verse 3]
When he lost his love, his grief was gall
In his heart, he wanted to leave it all
And lose hisself in the forest tall
But he answered, instead, his country's call

[Chorus]
Davy, Davy Crockett, the choice of the whole frontier

[Verse 4]
He went off to Congress and served a spell
Fixin' up the government and laws as well
Took over Washington, so I hear tell
And patched up a crack in the Liberty Bell

[Chorus]
Davy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear

[Verse 5]
When he came home, his politickin' done
Why, the big western march had just begun
So he packed his gear and his trusty gun
And lit out a'grinnin' to follow the sun
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[Chorus]
Davy, Davy Crockett, leadin' the pioneer

[Verse 6]
His land is the biggest, his land is the best
From grassy plaines to the mountain crest
He's ahead of us all and meetin' the test
And a'follern' his legend right into the west

[Chorus]
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier