Davy Crockett
carried a rabbit's foot in his pocket
and wore a coonskin hat.
I wish I still did all that.
David "Davy" Crockett,
wore a coonskin cap not a pretty flowery locket.
Was he the "King of the Wild Frontier"?
The bears would hide from him in fear.
In 1834, David "Davy" Crockett published an autobiography, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee. Many have written about him.
According to the ballad,
Davy Crockett, born in Tennessee
(part of North Carolina at the time),
kilt him a b'ar when he was only three
(altho' only a song,
always had my doubts about cruelty to animals
from one so young).
Playing with it night and day, young Davy
should have taken more care
(had a hunting reputation),
he pulled the arms and legs off
his toy teddy bear.
Even at that early age, our Davy
really was quite unfair
(King of the Wild Frontier),
he knocked the stuffing out of his toy teddy bear.
Davey Crockett
Moved to Texas to fill up his pocket
But how could he know
They would get huffy at the Alamo
1-20-19
Contest: Educate Me With Humor
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
Old Davy Crockett
You really can't knock it
A great shot was he
Killed a bear when he was only three
Frontiersman David (Davy) Crockett,
Often lived on dried fish and jerky kept in his pocket,
Wore caps made from the skin of varmints various,
The odour, ..no doubt, ... was nefarious.
for Clerihew contest sponsored by Catie Lindsey
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