Tennessee Stud Along about 1825, I left Tennessee very much alive I never would've made it through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been a-ridin' on the Tennessee Stud I had a little trouble with my sweetheart's pa One of her brother's was a bad outlaw I went a letter by my uncle Fud, nd I rode away on the Tennesse Stud (CHORUS) Oh 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 rode on down to no man's land, across the river called the Rio Grande I raced my horse with the Spaniards bold And I won a sack full of silver and gold Me and a gambler we couldn't agree We got into a fight over Tennessee We drew our guns, he fell with a thud And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud (CHORUS) Well I got as lonesome as a man can be Dreamin' of my sweetheart in Tennessee The Tennessee's green eyes turned blue Cuz he was a-dreamin' of a sweetheart too So we loped on back across Arkansas I whupped her brother and I whupped her pa I found the girl with the golden hair And she was a-ridin' on a Tennessee mare (CHORUS) Little baby on the cabin floor Little horse colt playin' round the door I love the girl with the golden hair And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee mare (CHORUS) << back