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Thread #48982   Message #738425
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
27-Jun-02 - 03:59 PM
Thread Name: Ballad of Davy Crockett
Subject: RE: BS: Ballad of Davy Crockett
My nephews rewrote The Ballad Of Davey Crockett when they were about 8 and ten:

Borned on a mountain top in Tennesee
Tore his pants on a Christmas Tree
Patched 'em up with some bubble gum
Along come a bear and he asked for some

       Davey, Davey Crockett
       King of the wild frontier

Slept on a table top in Joe's Cafe
Greasyest joint in the U.S.A.
Ordered a griddly, and that ain't all
The next thing I knew I was in City Hall

And I added a verse:

I went to see the Mayor just to set him straight
I found him swinging on the Pearly Gate
He charged me a dollar and he let me go
So I wandered on down to the Alamo

There's probably almost as much truth in that as there is in the Disneyized tv program. ;-)

Jerry