Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Tennessee Stud lyrics

Along about eighteen twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive And I never would have gotten through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been a-ridin' that Tennessee stud I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa And one of her brothers was a bad outlaw I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fud Then I rode away on the Tennessee stud The Tennessee stud was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green A-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 that river called the Rio Grande I raced my horse with a Spaniard's foal 'Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold Me and the gambler, we 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 The Tennessee stud was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green A-he had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud Well, I got just as lonesome as a man can be A-dreaming of my girl in Tennessee The Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue 'Cause he was a-dreamin' of his sweetheart, too We loped right back across Arkansas I whooped her brother and I whooped her pa When I found that girl with the golden hair And she was a-ridin' that Tennessee mare (whoa, boy) The Tennessee stud was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green A-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 them mountains and the valleys wide We came to Big Muddy then we forded a flood On the Tennessee mare and the Tennessee stud There's a pretty little baby on the cabin floor A little horse colt playin' 'round the door I love that girl with golden hair And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare (They'se good horses) The Tennessee stud was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green And he had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud