Wolverton Mountain:Dickey Lee.
Album - The Story Of Patches - #50
on BB Hot 200 on SMASH Records in 1962.
(A big hit for Claude King in '62..reached
#1 on US Country and #6 on BB Hot 100.)
INTRO:
E B E B
Aaaah..ooooo..aaaah..ooooo..
#1.
B E B
They say don't go, on Wolverton Mountain, if
E
you're looking for a wife.
E B
Cause Clifton Clowers has a pretty young daughter..
B E
he's mighty handy with a gun and a knife.
CHORUS:
B E
Her tender lips, are sweeter than honey..and Wolverton
F# B
Mountain protects her there.
B E B
The bears and the birds, tell Clifton Clowers, if a
E
stranger should enter there.
#2.
E B
All of my dreams, are on Wolverton Mountain..I want
E
his daughter for my wife.
E B
I'll take my chances and climb that mountain..though
E
Clifton Clowers he might take my life.
CHORUS:
B E
Her tender lips, are sweeter than honey..and Wolverton
F# B
Mountain protects her there.
B E B
The bears and the birds, tell Clifton Clowers, if a
E......F
stranger should enter there.
#3.
F C
I'm goin' go up, on Wolverton Mountain..it's just too
F
lonesome, down here, below.
F C
It's just not right, to hide his daughter, from the one,
F
who loves her so.
CHORUS:
C F
Her tender lips, are sweeter than honey..and Wolverton
G C
Mountain protects her there.
C F C
The bears and the birds, tell Clifton Clowers, if a
F
stranger should wander there.
OUTRO:
C F
I don't care about Clifton Clowers..I'm gonna climb up on
his mountain.
C F
I'm gonna take the girl I love..I don't care about Clifron
Clowers..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
