Tennessee Stud

Back about 1825 I left Tennessee very much alive
 I never would've 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 his brothers was a bad outlaw
 I send 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 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
 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 right back across Arkansas
 I whipped her brother and whipped her pa
 I found that girl with the golden hair
 And she was a riding 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
 And the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud
 A pretty little baby and the cabin floor
 A little horse cold 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