Davey Crockett |
Drawing of him as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. |
U.S. Postage stamp made to honor him. |
Painting of him in the "Battle of the Alamo". |
Posting in "The Lancastrian". Click to enlarge. |
Fess Parker who played Davey Crockett in the movies. |
I was one of these young boys years ago. |
Poster from one of Walt Disney's movies. |
Another photo of the coonskin hero. |
Click on link to listen to the YouTube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAVN_n0PljQ
PS - Listen to the song and see "if it ain't a catchy toon" after listening to it an hour or so! A few comments that follow were comments on the YouTube site.
1. Davey Crockett made America safe for men to wear dead animals on their heads. God bless you, sir!
2. I was just a kid maybe 10 or so when this Song and TV series came out. I loved it and believed it was a good influence on me. History is distorted everyday on the news but when I was a kid I wanted to be like Davy Crockett. You have to remember what Walt Disney was about too! :)
3. This was back when America was the greatest nation on earth. I sure miss this.
4. I'm 20 and Davy Crockett is my all time favorite Disney movie. I had a coonskin hat and a Red Ryder thanks to this man. I will make sure that my kids have the same.
5. Davy Crockett was the first movie I ever saw when I was eight in 1956. I loved it and still do. The song is also great, I listen to it all the time. That's from the good old day's when there were plenty of good westerns with good songs on TV. ie: Have Gun Will Travel, Rawhide, Tombstone Territory.
6. Davy Crockett is a distant cousin of mine, and let me tell you, everyone in my family killed a bear when we’re three.
7. Part of my heritage. When I was a kid I looked forward to the tv episodes. Truly an American icon.
8. names brandon crockett, i too am 6'6 haha love it when people ask me if they can call me davy...OF COURSE YOU CAN HAHA
8. i played and sang davy crocket in a sketch in callan, co. kilkenny, ireland circa 1958. even wore a type of coonskin cap. legend.
9. I wonder what my Davy Crockett lunch box would be worth today? 66 years old and I still remember it. R.I.P. Mr. Parker, we still remember you.
10. My Grandad always sang this to me and called me Davy Crockett :) Always think of him when I hear this!!
11. 74 years old and can still grin a bear to death! (written by your's truly)
And...just in case you want to sing along to the catchy tune...
Born on a mountain in Tennessee
Greenest state in the land of the free
Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree
He kilt him a bear when he was only three
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!
Fought single-handed through the Injun War
Till the Creeks was whipped an' peace was in store
An' while he was a-handling' this risky chore
Made himself a legend for evermore
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!
He give his word an' he give his hand,
that his Injun friends could keep their land
An' the rest of his life he took the stand,
that justice was due every redskin band
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!
He went off to Congress an' served a spell
Fixing' up the Government an' laws as well
Took over Washington so I've heard tell
An' patched up a crack in the Liberty Bell
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!
When he come home, his politicking' done
Why, the big western march had just begun
So he packed his gear an' his trusty gun
An' lit out a-grinning' to follow the sun
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!
His land is biggest, his land is best
From grassy plains to the mountain crest
He's ahead of us all and meeting' the test
And a-following' his legend right into the West
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!
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