Eddy Arnold - Tennessee Stud Lyrics
(Jimmie Driftwood)Well, there never was a horse like Tennessee StudAlong about 1825 I left Tennessee very much aliveI never would've got through the Arkansas mudIf I hadn't been a ridin' on the Tennessee Stud.I had some trouble with my sweetheart's paOne of her brothers was a bad outlawI send her a letter by my Uncle FuddAnd I rode away on the Tennessee Stud.The Tennesee Stud was long and leanThe color of the sun and his eyes were greenHe had the nerve and he had the bloodAnd there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud.--- Instrumental ---We drifted on down onto no man's landWe crossed the river called the Rio GrandeI raced my horse with a Spaiard foalTill I got me a skin full of silver and gold.Me and a gambler we couldn't agreeWe got in a fight over TennesseeWe jerked our guns, he fell with a thudAnd I got away on the Tennessee Stud.--- Instrumental ---Well, I got just as lonesome as a man could beDreamin' of my girl in TennesseeThe Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue'Cause he was a dreamin' of his sweetheart too.We loped right back across ArkansasI whoopped her brother and whopped her paI found that girl with the golden hairShe was a ridin' on the Tennessee Mare.The Tennesee Stud was long and leanThe color of the sun and his eyes were greenHe had the nerve and he had the bloodAnd there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud.--- Instrumental ---Stirrup to stirrup and side by sideWe crossed the mountains and the valleys wideWe came to Big Muddy and we forded the floodAnd the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud.A pretty little babyy and the cabin floorA little horse colt playin' round the doorI love the girl with the golden hairAnd the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare.The Tennesee Stud was long and leanThe color of the sun and his eyes were greenHe had the nerve and he had the bloodAnd there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud...
