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davy crockett

(ed: sung to the theme of Davy Crockett which I'm *sure* you all know!)

(chorus)
Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier.

Born on a Powder-Horn in Tennessee,
Shot General Jackson at the age of 23.
He did his best and the law did too,
He shot him in the butt with a rusty .22

(chorus)
Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier.

Now Davy and Georgie, they rode out west,
And an Injun shot Davy in the chest,
Georgie replied with a blast from his gun,
He blew that Injum from the earth to the sun.

(chorus)
Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier.

Now a Gypsy came along and boiled up a stew,
Threw Davey in and Georgie too.
A few minutes later the gypsy said,
I'll grind your bones to make my bread.

Now the stew was boiling and getting hot,
Davy and Georgie would be better off shot.
Davy reached over and grabbed his musket,
Shoved it in the Gypsy's face and said to suck it.
Davy an Georgie they hated his games,
So they pulled out his eyes and pissed on his brains.

(chorus)
Davy, Davey Crockett, King - of - the - wild - frontierrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

(ed: apart from the violence - I wonder who Georgie was?)

In answer to the above, Mike DiCola sent the following answer:

In the Disney TV version of the series which featured Fess Parker as Davy Crockett, Buddy Ebsen played his partner/friend/sidekick Georgie Russell.

Given that most people's image of DC (at least those of us who watched TV in the 60's) derives from the Disney TV show, I suspect this is the "Georgie" named as Davy's ever- present companion in the song lyrics.

(ed: thanks for that Mike!)