'Long about 18 and 25, I left Tennessee very much alive
I never would have made it through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been a-ridin that Tennessee stud
I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I wrote a letter to my uncle Fud
And I rode away on the Tennessee stud
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The colour of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
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We drifted on down into no man's land
We crossed that river called the Rio Grande
I raced my horse with the Spaniard's foal
'Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold
Well, me and the gambler we couldn't agree
We got in a fight over Tennessee
And we pulled our guns, and he fell with a thud
And I rode away on the Tennessee stud
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The colour of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
(Ha-ha-ha-ha)
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We rode right back across Arkansas
I whooped her brother and I whooped her pa
I found that girl with the golden hair
She was ridin' on a Tennessee mare
Well, pretty little baby on the cabin floor
A little horse colt playin' 'round the door
Mm, I love the girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The colour of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The colour of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like the Tennessee stud