Tenessee Stud

Lyrics to Tennessee Stud
 Along about eighteen and twenty-five
 I left Tennessee very much alive
 I never would have got through the Arkansas mud
 If I hadn't been a-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 hoss like the Tennessee stud
 One day I was ridin' in the beautiful land
 And ran smack into an Indian band
 They jerked their knives with a whoop and a yell
 But I rode away like a bat out of hell
 Well I circled their camp for a time or two
 And showed what a Tennessee hoss could do
 And them redskin boys never got my blood
 'Cause I was a-ridin' 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 hoss like the Tennessee stud
 We drifted on down into no man's land
 We crossed the river called the Rio Grande
 I raced my hoss with the Spaniards bold
 Till I got me a skin full of silver and gold
 Me and 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
 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 hoss like 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 a-dneamin' of a sweetheart too
 We loped on back across Arkansas
 I whipped her brother and I whipped her pa
 I found that girl with the golden hair
 And she was ridin' on a 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 hoss 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
 Pretty little baby on the cabin floor
 Little hoss colt playin' 'round the door
 I love the girl with 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 hoss like the Tennessee stud