You take a K and an E N and a T, a U and a C, K, Y And that spells Kentucky And it means paradise You take a chicken and you k** it And you put it in the sk**et And you fry it up a golden brown And that's southern cookin' And that's mighty nice It don't cover a lot when you look on a map But I once studied Geography when sittin' in my mammy's lap You take a K and an E N and a T, a U and a C, K, Y And that spells Kentucky And it means paradise It don't cover a lot when you look on a map But I once studied Geography when sittin' in my mammy's lap You take a K and an E N and a T, a U and a C, K, Y And that spells Kentucky And it means paradise It don't cover a lot when you look on a map But I once studied Geography when sittin' in my mammy's lap You take a K and an E N and a T, a U and a C, K, Y And that spells Kentucky And it means paradise I said Kentucky And it means paradise