Along about eighteen and twentyfive I left Tennessee very much alive I never woulda got through the Arkansas mud If I hadnt been aridin on the Tennessee stud I had some trouble with my sweethearts 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 colour of the sun and his eyes were green He had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud One day I was aridin through a beautiful land When I ran smack into an Indian band They jumped their nags with a whoop and a yell And away we went like a bat outta hell I circled their camp for a time or two To show em what a Tennessee horse can do Them Redskin boys couldnt get my blood Cause I was aridin on the Tennessee stud The Tennessee stud was long and lean The colour of the sun and his eyes were green He had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud You might also likeWe drifted on down into no mans land We crossed the river called the Rio Grande I raced my horse with a Spaniard bold Till I got me a skin full of silver and gold Me and a gambler we couldnt 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 The Tennessee stud was long and lean The colour of the sun and his eyes were green He had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud Well I got as lonesome as a man can be Adreamin of my girl in Tennessee The Tennessee studs green eyes turned blue Cause he was dreamin of his sweetheart too We loped right on across Arkansas I whupped her brother and whupped her Pa I found that girl with the golden hair And she was aridin on a Tennessee mare The Tennessee stud was long and lean The colour of the sun and his eyes were green He had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a horse 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 A pretty little baby on the cabin floor A little horse 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 colour of the sun and his eyes were green He had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
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