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Thread #76563   Message #3803359
Posted By: Lighter
03-Aug-16 - 09:49 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Farewell to the Mountains (Davy Crockett)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Farewell to the Mountains (Davy Crockett)
The poem wasn't written by David Crockett.

It was written by journalist Richard Penn Smith in "Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas" (1836).

Though it was advertised as Crockett's Texas "diary," Smith's book was entirely fictional.

Available today as a Penguin Classic.