Jimmie Driftwood - Tennessee Stud lyrics

Back about 1825 I left Tennessee very much alive I never would've 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 Fudd And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud The Tennesee 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 onto no man's land We crossed the river called the Rio Grande I raced my horse with a Spaiard foal 'Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold Me and a gambler couldn't agree We got in a fight over Tennessee We jerked our guns and he fell with a thud And I got away on the Tennessee Stud Well I got just as lonesome as a man can be Dreaming of my girl in Tennessee The Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue 'Cause he was dreaming of his sweetheart, too We loped across to Arkansas I whipped her brother and whipped her pa I found that girl with the golden hair And she was ridin' on the Tennessee Mare The Tennesee 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 Now, I've got a little baby on the cabin floor A little horse colt playin' round the door And I love the girl with the golden hair And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare The Tennesee 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