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[Verse 1] Along about eighteen twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive 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 Dud Then I rode 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 2] One day I was riding through a beautiful land When I ran smack into an Indian band They jumped their nags with a whoop and a yell And away we rode like a bat out of Well I circled their camp for a time or two Just to show what a Tennessee horse could do The redskin boys couldn't get my blood 'Cause I was a-riding that 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] So we drifted on down into no man's land And 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 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 4] Well I got just as lonesome as a man can be Dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee And that Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue 'Cause he was a-dreamin' of a sweetheart, too (Easy big fella) So we loped right back across Arkansas; I beat up her brother and then I had to slap her pa When I found that girl with the golden hair She was a-riding on the Tennessee Mare Woah Boy [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 5] Stirrup to stirrup and side by side We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide Came to Big Muddy, then we forded the flood On the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud 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 They was good horses [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 [Outro] Thank you folks Good afternoon Thank you