Tennessee Stud

Well, there never was a horse

Like the Tennessee stud

Along about eighteen to twenty-five

I left Tennessee very much alive

I never woulda got through the Arkansas mud

If I hadn't been 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 horse like the Tennessee stud

We drifted on down into no man's land

We crossed the river called the Rio Grande

I raced my horse with the Spaniards, bold

'Till I got me a skinfull of silver and gold

Me an' 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

Dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee

The Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue

'Cause he was dreamin' of a sweetheart, too

We loped right on across Arkansas

I whooped her brother and I whooped her pa

I found that girl with the golden hair

And she was 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 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

Purdy little baby on the cabin floor

Little horse colt playin' around 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 horse like the Tennessee stud