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Ballad Of Davy Crockett Song Lyrics and Chords by Burl Ives
Ballad Of Davy Crockett
Recorded by Burl Ives
Written by Tom Blackburn and George Burns
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Born on a mountain top in
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Tennes
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see
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Land of the
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Free
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Raised in the woods so he
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knew every tree
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He killed himself a bear when he was only
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three
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Davy
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Crockett
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King of the wild fron
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Off through the woods he went
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marching
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along
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and a singing a
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song
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Itching for fighting always
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righting a wrong
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He was rangy as a bear and twice as
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strong
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Fought single-handed through
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the Indian
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War
Till the tribes went west and
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peace was in
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store
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The rest of his life he
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took the stand
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That justice was due the redskin
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man
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He went off to Congress and
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served a
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spell
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and laws as
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well
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Took over Washington so we
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heard
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And patched up the crack in the Liberty
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Bell
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Austin and
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so
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just had to
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go
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Where the land was free and
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there was room to grow
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And he fought and died at the Ala
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mo
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Davy's land is the biggest
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Davy's land is
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best
From grassy plains to the
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mountain
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crest
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He's ahead of us all
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meeting the test
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Following his legend into the
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West
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Ballad Of Davy Crockett?
- The song Ballad Of Davy Crockett was sang by Burl Ives.
Who is Burl Ives?
- Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 - April 14, 1995) was an American singer, musician, actor, and author.
Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his own radio show, The Wayfaring Stranger, which popularized traditional folk songs. In 1942, he appeared in Irving Berlin's This Is the Army and became a major star of CBS Radio. In the 1960s, he successfully crossed over into country music, recording hits such as "A Little Bitty Tear" and "Funny Way of Laughin'". Ives was also a popular film actor through the late 1940s and '50s. His film roles included parts in So Dear to My Heart (1948) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), as well as the role of Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country (1958), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Ives is often associated with the Christmas season. He did voice-over work as Sam the Snowman, narrator of the classic 1964 Christmas television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Ives also worked on the special's soundtrack, including the songs "A Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", both of which continue to chart annually on the Billboard holiday charts into the 2020s.
