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