They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain if you're looking for a wife

Cause Clifton Clovers 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

The bears and the birds tell Clifton Clovers if a stranger should wander there



You know all my dreams are on Wolverton Mountain I want his daughter for my wife

I'm gonna take my chances and climb that mountain

Though Clifton Clovers he may take my life

Her tender lips...



Oh 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

Oh her tender lips...



But I don't care about Clifron Clovers I'm gonna climb up on his mountain

I'm a gonna take the one I love I don't care about Clifron Clovers

I'm gonna climb up on that mountain I'm gonna get that girl I love