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 Of a stranger should enter there All of my dreams on Wolverton Mountain I want his daughter for my wife I'll take my chances and climb his mountain Though Clifton Clovers may take my life Her tender lips are sweeter than honey And Wolverton Mountain protects her there The bears and the birds tell Clifton Clovers Of a stranger should enter 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 Clovers Of a stranger should enter there I'm a gonna going up on Wolverton Mountain I don't care about Clifton Clovers I'm a gonna going up on Wolverton Mountain Even if it takes me a hundred hours I'm a gonna going up on Wolverton Mountain I don't care about Clifton Clovers