Wolverton Mountain Song Lyrics and Chords by Web Pierce
Wolverton Mountain
Recorded by Webb Pierce
Written by Merle Kilgore and Claude King
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They say don't
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go on Wolverton
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Mountain
If you're looking for a
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wife
Cause Clifton Clowers has a pretty young
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daughter
He's mighty handy with a gun and a
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knife
Her tender
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lips (her tender lips) are sweeter than
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honey
And Wolverton
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Mountain protects her
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there
The bears and the
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birds tell Clifton
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Clowers
If a stranger should wander
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there
All of my dreams are on Wolverton
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Mountain
I want his daughter for my
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wife
I'll take my chances and climb that
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mountain
Though Clifton Clowers might take my
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life
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I'm gonna go up on Wolverton
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Mountain
It's too lonesome down here
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below
It's just not right to hide his
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daughter
From the one who loves her
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so
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I don't
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care about Clifton Clowers
I'm gonna
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climb up on that mountain
I'm gonna
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take the one I love
I don't
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care about Clifton Clowers
FAQ
Who sang the the song Wolverton Mountain?
- The song Wolverton Mountain was sang by Web Pierce.
Who is Web Pierce?
- Michael Webb Pierce (August 8, 1921 - February 24, 1991) was an American honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the 1950s, one of the most popular of the genre, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade.
His biggest hit was "In the Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one. Pierce also charted number one for several weeks each with his recordings of "Slowly" (1954), "Love, Love, Love" (1955), "I Don't Care" (1955), "There Stands the Glass" (1953), "More and More" (1954), "I Ain't Never" (1959), and his first number one "Wondering," which stayed at the top spot for four of its 27 weeks' charting in 1952.
He recorded country gospel song "I Love Him Dearly" also. His iconic hit "Teenage Boogie" was covered by British band T. Rex as "I Love to Boogie" in 1974, but credited as being written by the group's lead singer Marc Bolan and not Pierce. The music of Webb was also made popular during the British rockabilly scene in the 1980s and 1990s.
For many, Pierce, with his flamboyant Nudie suits and twin silver dollar-lined convertibles, became the most recognizable face of country music of the era and its excesses. Pierce was a one-time member of the Grand Ole Opry and was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. A tribute album in his honor (produced by singer-songwriter Gail Davies) was released in 2001 entitled Caught in the Webb - A Tribute To Country Legend Webb Pierce.
