The Ballad of Davy Crockett

 

I believed it was a wicked, unjust measure…. I voted against this Indian bill, and my conscience yet tells me that I gave a good honest vote, and one that I believe will not make me ashamed in the day of judgement.

—David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett

 

 

Something for the weekend.  The Ballad of Davy Crockett (1956), sung by that son of the volunteer state Tennessee Ernie Ford.  A legend in his own lifetime, his folklore status has obscured the fact that he had a very interesting political career, marked by stances that he took on principle, in defiance of their unpopularity, and if fate had been kinder to him he might loom even larger in American history.

 

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Donald R. McClarey

Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
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Saturday, January 14, AD 2023 10:13am

SCTV had a short skit parodying Westerns in general and The Ballad in particular:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf9PTd6kxWQ

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