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-SON IS OUR GEN.RAL.S 
NAME,@ $HID REG.LAR SOLDIERS WE.LL 
PUT TO SHAME,@ $THEM REDSKINN VARMINTS
US $VOLUNTEERS.LL TAME,@ .$CAUSE WE 
GOT THE GUNS WITH THE SURE-FIRE 
AIM.@ $DAVY - $DAVY $CROCKETT,@ $THE 
CHAMPION OF US ALL+@@ 
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HOME PLACE,@ $BUT $RED $STICK WAS 
LEADIN. A MERRY CHASE,@ $FIGHTIN. 
AN. BURNIN. AT A DEVIL.S PACE@ 
$SOUTH TO THE SWAMPS ON THE $FLORIDA 
$TRACE.@ $DAVY - $DAVY $CROCKETT,@ 
$TRACKIN. THE REDSKINS DOWN+@@ 
  #F/ $FOUGHT SINGLE-HANDED THROUGH 
THE $INJUN $WAR@ $TILL THE $CREEKS WAS
WIPPED AN. PEACE WAS IN STORE,@ $AN. 
WHILE HE WAS HANDLIN. THIS RISKY 
CHORE,@ $MADE HISSELF A LEGEND FOR 
EVERMORE,@ $DAVY - $DAVY $CROCKETT,@ 
$KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER+@@ 
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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,@ $HOLDIN. HIS
PROMISE DEAR+@@ 
  #H/ $HOME FER THE WINTER WITH HIS 
FAMILY,@ $HAPPY AS SQUIRRELS IN THE 
OL. GUM TREE,@ $BEIN. THE FATHER HE 
WANTED TO BE,@ $CLOSE TO HIS BOYS AS 
THE POD AN. THE PEA.@ $DAVY - $DAVY 
$CROCKETT,@ $HOLDIN. HIS YOUNG .UNS 
DEAR+@@ 
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WARM WINDS CAME@ $AN. THE MELTIN. SNOW
SHOWED TRACKS OF GAME,@ $AN. THE 
FLOWERS OF $SPRING FILLED THE WOODS 
WITH FLAME,@ $AN. ALL OF SUDDEN LIFE 
GOT TOO TAME.@ $DAVY - $DAVY $CROC- 
KETT,@ $HEADIN. ON $WEST AGAIN+@@ 
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RIDING. ALONG,@ $MAKIN. UP YARNS AN. 
SINGIN. A SONG,@ $HE.S RINGY AS A B.AR
AN. TWICT AS STRONG,@ $AN. KNOWS HE.S 
RIGHT .CAUSE HE AIN.T OFTEN WRONG.@ 
$DAVY - $DAVY $CROCKETT,@ $THE MAN WHO
DON.T FEAR+@@ 
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AIR SMELLS CLEAN,@ $WHERE THE TREES AS
TALL AN. THE GRASS IS GREEN,@ $WHERE 
THE FISH IS FAT IN AN UNTOUCHED 
STREAM,@ $AN. THE TEEMIN. WOODS IS A 
HUNTER.S DREAM.@ $DAVY - $DAVY $CROC- 
KETT,@ $LOOKIN. FOR $PARADISE+@@ 
  #AB/ $NOW HE.D LOST HIS LOVE AN. HIS
GRIEF WAS GALL,@ $IN HIS HEART HE 
WANTED TO LEAVE IT ALL,@ $AN. LOSE 
HIMSELF IN THE FOREST TALL,@ $BUT HE 
ANSWERED INSTEAD HIS COUNTRY.S CALL.@ 
$DAVY - $DAVY $CROCKETT,@ $BEGINNIN. 
HIS CAMPAIGN+@@ 
  #AC/ $NEEDIN. HIS HELP THEY DIDN.T 
VOTE BLIND,@ $THEY PUT IN $DAVY .CAUSE
HE WAS THEIR KIND,@ $SENT UP TO 
$NASHVILLE THE BEST THEY COULD FIND,@ 
$A FIGHTIN. SPIRIT AN. A THINKIN. 
MIND.@ $DAVY - $DAVY $CROCKETT,@ 
$CHOICE OF THE WHOLE FRONTIER+@@ 
  #AD/ $THE VOTES WERE COUNTED AN. HE 
WON HANDS DOWN,@ $SO THEY SENT HIM OFF
TO $WASHIN.TON TOWN@ $WITH HIS BEST 
DRESS SUIT STILL HIS BUCKSKINS BROWN,@
$A LIVIN. LEGEND OF GROWIN. RENOWN.@ 
$DAVY - $DAVY $CROCKETT,@ $THE 
$CANEBRAKE $CONGRESSMAN+@@ 
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SERVED A SPELL,@ $FIXIN. UP THE 
$GOVER.MENT AN. LAWS AS WELL,@ $TOOK 
OVER $WASHIN.TON SO WE HEERED TELL@ 
$AN. PATCHED UP THE CRACK IN THE 
$LIBERTY $BELL.@ $DAVY - $DAVY $CROC- 
KETT,@ $SEEIN. HIS DUTY CLEAR+@@ 
  #AF/ $HIM AN. HIS JIKES TRAVELLED 
ALL THROUGH THE LAND,@ $AN. HIS 
SPEECHES MADE HIM FRIENDS TO BEAT THE 
BAND,@ $HIS POLITCKIN. WAS THEIR FA- 
VORITE BRAND@ $AN. EVERYONE WANTED TO 
SHAKE HIS HAND.@ $DAVY - $DAVY $CROC- 
KETT,@ $HELPIN. HIS LEGEND GROW+@@ 
  #AG/ $HE KNEW WHEN HE SPOKE HE 
SOUNDED THE KNELL@ $OF HIS HOPES FOR 
$WHITE $HOUSE AN. FAME AS WELL,@ $BUT 
HE SPOKE, OUT STRONG SO HIST.RY BOOKS 
TELL@ $AN PATCHED UP THE CRACK IN THE 
$LIBERTY $BELL.@ $DAVY - $DAVY $CROC- 
KETT,@ $SEEIN. HIS DUTY CLEAR+@@ !: