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