[POP☆OLD] Wolverton Mountain - Mike Shannon

60's country song,written by Merle Kilgore and Claude King

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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 knife.

사람들은 아내가 될 여인을 찾거든
월버튼산에는 올라가지 말라고들 이야기 하네요.
산에 사는 클립턴 클라워스는 젊고 예쁜 딸이 있는데
그는 권총과 칼의 명수라고 하는군요.

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.

그녀의 부드러운 입술은 꿀보다 달다는데
월버튼산이 그녀를 거기서 보호하고 있대요.
낯선 사람이 그곳에서 돌아다니면 곰들과
새들이 클립턴 클라워스에게 알려준대요.

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 may take my life.

내 모든 꿈은 월버튼산에 깃들여 있어요
난 그의 딸을 내 아내로 맞아들이고 싶어요.
비록 클립턴 클라워스가 내 목숨을 빼앗을 지도 모르지만
나는 모험을 해서 그 산에 올라가겠어요.

I'm goin' up on Wolverton mountain.
It's too lonesome down here below,
And it's just not right to hide his daughter.
From the one who loves her so.

나는 월버튼산을 오르고 있어요
산밑 이곳은 너무나 외로워요.
그녀를 이토록 사랑하는 나 같은 사람에게
자기 딸을 감추다니 이건 옳지 않아요.

Well, I don't care about Clifton Clowers
I'm gonna take the girl I love
I don't care about Clifton Clowers
I'm gonna climb up on his mountain
And I'll be given the girl I love
I don't care about Clifton Clowers . . .

그래요, 난 클립턴 클라워스씨도 상관없어요
나는 내가 사랑하는 사람을 얻겠어요.
나는 클립턴 클라워스씨에 개의치 않겠어요
나는 그의 산에 오르겠어요.
그래서 내가 원하는 아가씨를 맞이하겠어요
나는 클립턴 클라워스씨도 무섭지 않아요.

Yes, there REALLY IS a Wolverton Mountain, and there REALLY WAS a Clinton Clowers who lived there.  Merle Kilgore wrote this as a joke for his uncle - yes, Clifton Clowers himself - and went up to his cabin on the mountain and played it to him. Old Clifton listened and said - "Son - you got yourself a hit there!"  When Merle protested that it was just a joke, his uncle insisted - no, it was a hit song.  Claude King heard it and agreed, recorded it and it was a smash hit.  It's also annoyingly infectious, so be warned.

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