DAVY CROCKETT



I'll tell you of a fight that I had with Davy Crockett,

He was half and half horse and half kill-rocket.

I met him a-going out a-cooning .

Said I, "Where' s your gun?"

Said he,"I have none."

Just then l sald.

"How you going to kill a coon?"

Said he, "Pompey Smash, come and go along with Davy

And l'll show you mighty quick how to grin a coon crazy."

We hadn't went very far until we saw a squirrel

Sitting on a pine log, eating sheep sorrel.

He backed both ears and he brayed like a sinner.

And Colonel Davy Crockett was a-grinning for his dinner.

"Take care of black calf

And don't you laugh,

l'll back both ears.

And l'll bite you in half."

I took off my coat and laid down my ammunition.

Said I. "Davy Crockett, I'll cool your ambition.

We fought about a half a day and then agreed to drop it.

For I was badly whipped and so was Davy Crockett.



Recorded by Sarah Ogan Gunning, Folk Legacy

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