They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain If you're looking for a wife 'Cause old Clifton Clowers has a swingin' daughter And he's mighty handy with the gun and the knife. Don't you know her lips are sweeter than honey And Wolverton mountain protects her there All them bears, they'd tell old Clowers If a stranger should enter there. All of my dreams are up on that 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. He knows her lips are sweeter than honey And Clifton Clowers protects her there All them bears they'd tell old Clowers If a stranger should enter there. I'm going up on Wolverton Mountain It's much too lonesome down here below It's just not right for him to hide his daughter From me because, just because I love her so. Hey, I don't care about Clifton Clowers I'm gonna climb up on that mountain I'm gonna take the girl I love I don't care about Clifton Clowers Never tried that old romance bit But I think I'm gonna chance it And I'm gonna take the girl I love...