Wolverton Mountain

(Merle Kilgore - Claude King)



They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain

If you're looking for a wife

'Cause old Clifton Clowers has a swingin' daughter

And he's mighty handy with the gun and the knife.



Don't you know her lips are sweeter than honey

And Wolverton mountain protects her there

All them bears, they'd tell old Clowers

If a stranger should enter there.



All of my dreams are up on that Mountain

I want his daughter for my wife

I'll take my chances and climb that mountain

Though Clifton Clowers, he might take my life.



He knows her lips are sweeter than honey

And Clifton Clowers protects her there

All them bears they'd tell old Clowers

If a stranger should enter there.



I'm going up on Wolverton Mountain

It's much too lonesome down here below

It's just not right for him to hide his daughter

From me because, just because I love her so.



Hey, I don't care about Clifton Clowers

I'm gonna climb up on that mountain

I'm gonna take the girl I love

I don't care about Clifton Clowers.



Never tried that old romance bit

But I think I'm gonna chance it

And I'm gonna take the girl I love...