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   The bears and the birds tell Clifton Clowers   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 Clowers   I'm a gonna climb up on that mountain   And I'll get the one I love