Lyrics

[Verse 1] Along about eighteen 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 And one of her brothers was a bad outlaw I sent her a letter by my Uncle Bud And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud [Chours] The Tennessee Stud was long and lean The color of the sun, and his eyes were green He had the nеrve and he had the blood And thеre never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud [Verse 2] 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 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] I got just 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-dreamin' of a sweetheart, too We loped right back across Arkansas I whupped her brother and I whupped her pa I found that girl with the golden hair And she was a-riding on the Tennessee Mare [Chorus] 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 [Verse 4] Stirrup-to-stirrup and side-by-side We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide We came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood On the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud A pretty little baby on the cabin floor A little horse colt playing 'round the door I love that girl with the golden hair And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare [Chorus] 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