They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain
If you're looking for a wife
’Cause Clifton Clowers has a pretty young daughter
He's mighty handy with a gun and a knife
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey
And Wolverton Mountain protects her there
If a stranger should enter there
All of my dreams are on Wolverton Mountain
I want his daughter for my wife
I'll take my chances and climb that mountain
Though Clifton Clowers he might take my life
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey
And Wolverton Mountain protects her there
The bears and the birds tell Clifton Clowers
If a stranger should wander there
I'm going up on Wolverton Mountain
It's too lonesome down here below
It's just not right to hide his daughter
From the one who loves her so
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey
And Wolverton Mountain protects her there
The bears and the birds tell Clifton Clowers
If a stranger should wander there
I don't care about Clifton Clowers
I'm gonna climb up on his mountain
I'm gonna take the girl I love
I don't care about Clifton Clovers
I'm gonna climb up on that mountain
And I'll get the one I love
I don't care about Clifton Clovers
In the previous blog, I talked about my love for songs of bygone days and today I would like you to accompany me on a nostalgic trip down memory lane to explore a song called Wolverton Mountain which was a big hit during the Sixties.
But first of all, I hope you have clicked into the above link and been transported through times into this memorable and haunting song which tells the story of a young man who wants to climb up Wolverton Mountain to get to the daughter of Clifton Clowers and make her his wife? He doesn’t seem to be afraid of his future father-in-law either although Clifton Clowers has the reputation of being handy with a gun and a knife and will be warned of the young man’s visit by the birds and the bears who are keeping their eyes on Clifton’s daughter, the young girl whose tender lips are sweeter than honey, whenever Clifton leaves her alone at the mountain cottage while he is away.
This is another song which is constantly being sung by me and has been in my heart ever since it climbed up to the top of the Australian charts in the year 1962 while I was studying in Australia and remained there for many weeks. During the same time this song spent nine weeks at the top of the US Billboard country chart where it stayed for 26 weeks.
Wanting to know more about the history of the song and the singer, I googled them and learned that the song was based on a real character Clifton Clowers, veteran of World War I and Deacon in Mountain View Baptist Church who lived on a farm located on the northern edge of Woolverton Mountain in Arkansas. Clowers became famous when his nephew, Merle Kilgore Clowers together with American singer/songwriter Claude King wrote this song with Clifton Clowerst being featured as the main character.
American country music singer and songwriter Claude King was best known for the million selling 1962 hit "Wolverton Mountain” although he also performed in movies. King joined a television and radio show which was broadcast throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom and was frequently on the same programs with such popular singers as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Slim Whitman, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, as well as many others. He died at the age of ninety and is survived by his wife and three sons.
Here is a live performance of Wolverton Mountain by Claude King in his later years.
But first of all, I hope you have clicked into the above link and been transported through times into this memorable and haunting song which tells the story of a young man who wants to climb up Wolverton Mountain to get to the daughter of Clifton Clowers and make her his wife? He doesn’t seem to be afraid of his future father-in-law either although Clifton Clowers has the reputation of being handy with a gun and a knife and will be warned of the young man’s visit by the birds and the bears who are keeping their eyes on Clifton’s daughter, the young girl whose tender lips are sweeter than honey, whenever Clifton leaves her alone at the mountain cottage while he is away.
This is another song which is constantly being sung by me and has been in my heart ever since it climbed up to the top of the Australian charts in the year 1962 while I was studying in Australia and remained there for many weeks. During the same time this song spent nine weeks at the top of the US Billboard country chart where it stayed for 26 weeks.
Wanting to know more about the history of the song and the singer, I googled them and learned that the song was based on a real character Clifton Clowers, veteran of World War I and Deacon in Mountain View Baptist Church who lived on a farm located on the northern edge of Woolverton Mountain in Arkansas. Clowers became famous when his nephew, Merle Kilgore Clowers together with American singer/songwriter Claude King wrote this song with Clifton Clowerst being featured as the main character.
American country music singer and songwriter Claude King was best known for the million selling 1962 hit "Wolverton Mountain” although he also performed in movies. King joined a television and radio show which was broadcast throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom and was frequently on the same programs with such popular singers as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Slim Whitman, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, as well as many others. He died at the age of ninety and is survived by his wife and three sons.
Here is a live performance of Wolverton Mountain by Claude King in his later years.
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