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There was a man that lived in the hills all by himself |
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Chin whiskers' hangin' off his face in the tree there's a hangin' Bull Elk |
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The only friend he's got in this world is a big old Wild Cat |
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That sleeps down at the foot of the cave kills off the big rats |
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I think I'ed like to see this guy well I might just maybe |
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But everybody in the little bitty town they say he's crazy |
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I asked a fellow what the story was asked him just what happeded |
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He said boy sit down let me tell you about this mountain wild man |
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Mountain wild man up on the mountain |
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Mountain wild man up on the mountain |
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He had a job and a wife and a little bitty boy and things were just fine |
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Till he caught that woman out a runnin' around and it kinda messed up his mind |
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So he went to the bar and he had a few drinks and he did a lot of thinking |
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He could either kill that cheatin' woman or drown his sorrows drinking |
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Well he knew he couldn't kill that cheatin' woman or they'd put him in a prison |
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And his heart and pride were too damn strong for him to go to drinking |
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So he broke the bonds of society and started walkin' |
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He bought a rifle and an ax and a big Bowie knife and went to the mountains |
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Mountain wild man... |
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Boy I'm gonna tell you something your momma probably never told you |
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Just what she never told you bout your pa and why he left you |
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Now you've heard the story of why he left this land |
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Well boy I know who your p's is he's the Mountain Wild Man |
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Mountain wild man... |
