"Davey Crockett"

Illustration of a song by Edward Povey

computer drawings © David John 1986-1999

It seems that the artist Ed Povey doesn't write songs anymore. Pity, he's written some great ditties, mostly blues and folk. His modern Davey Crockett is a real rip-roaring, yipee-ya-yea cowboy number.

"Davey Crockett, I'm with you, so take me along
To the place in the valley where the outlaws belong.

I'm tired of my living right, so drive me away!
Put your foot on the pedal like a door on the day."

The song tells of someone bored of his mundane life dreaming of running off to join the shoot-em-up-rough-tough wild westerners.

Unfortunately, the historical Davey Crockett (1786-1836), "king of the wild frontier", wasn't a devil-may-care outlaw at all, but a down-to-earth backwoods man, soldier, politician and magistrate. How unromantic can you get?

This is one of a number of pictures I've made which are actually two images in one, like catching a blend between two scenes in a movie. I first drew this one by hand, then did the digital versions which have the advantage of making it possible to view the two viewpoints separately.