WELL
THERE NEVER WAS
A HOSS
LIKE THE TENNESSEE
STUD
ALONG ABOUT
EIGHTEEN TWENTY-FIVE
I LEFT TENNESSEE
VERY MUCH ALIVE
I NEVER WOULD OF GOT
THROUGH
THE ARKANSAS MUD
IF I HADN'T BEEN
'A RIDIN' ON
THE TENNESSEE STUD
I HAD SOME TROUBLE
WITH
MY SWEETHEART'S PA
ONE OF HER BROTHERS
WAS A BAD OUTLAW
I SENT HER A LETTER
BY MY UNCLE FUD
AND I RODE AWAY
ON THE TENNESSEE
STUD
THE TENNESSEE STUD
WAS LONG AND LEAN
THE COLOR OF THE SUN
AND HIS EYES
WERE GREEN
HE HAD THE NERVE
AND HE HAD THE BLOOD
AND THERE NEVER WAS
A HOSS
LIKE THE TENNESSEE
STUD
WE DRIFTED ON DOWN
INTO
NO MAN'S LAND
WE CROSSED THE RIVER
CALLED THE RIO GRANDE
I RACED MY HOSS
WITH THE SPANIARD'S
BULL
'TIL I GOT ME A SKIN
FULL OF SILVER
AND GOLD
ME AND A GAMBLER
WE COULDN'T AGREE
WE GOT IN A FIGHT
OVER TENNESSEE
WE JERKED OUR GUNS
HE FELL WITH A THUD
AND I GOT AWAY
ON THE TENNESSEE
STUD
WELL I GOT
AS LONESOME
AS A MAN CAN BE
'A DREAMIN' OF MY GIRL
IN TENNESSEE
THE TENNESSEE STUD'S
GREEN EYES
TURNED BLUE
'CAUSE HE WAS
'A DREAMIN'
OF A SWEETHEART TOO
WE LOPED RIGHT ON
ACROSS ARKANSAS
I WHIPPED HER BROTHER
AND I WHOOPED HER PA
I FOUND THAT GIRL
WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR
AND SHE WAS 'A RIDIN'
ON THE TENNESSEE
MARE
THE TENNESSEE STUD
WAS LONG AND LEAN
THE COLOR OF THE SUN
AND HIS EYES
WERE GREEN
HE HAD THE NERVE
AND HE HAD THE BLOOD
AND THERE NEVER WAS
A HOSS
LIKE THE TENNESSEE
STUD
STIRRUP TO STIRRUP
AND SIDE BY SIDE
WE CROSSED
THE MOUNTAINS
AND THE VALLEYS WIDE
WE CAME TO BIG MUDDY
AND WE FORDED
THE FLOOD
ON THE TENNESSEE
MARE
AND THE TENNESSEE
STUD
PURTY LITTLE BABY
ON THE CABIN FLOOR
LITTLE HOSS COLT
PLAYIN'
'ROUND THE DOOR
I LOVE THE GIRL
WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR
AND THE TENNESSEE
STUD
LOVES THE TENNESSEE
MARE
THE TENNESSEE STUD
WAS LONG AND LEAN
THE COLOR OF THE SUN
AND HIS EYES
WERE GREEN
HE HAD THE NERVE
AND HE HAD THE BLOOD
AND THERE NEVER WAS
A HOSS
LIKE THE TENNESSEE
STUD