Tennessee Stud lyrics

Long about eighteen twenty-five

I left Tennessee very much alive

Never would've gotten through the Arkansas mud

If I hadn't been a-ridin' on a Tennessee stud

Tennessee stud was long and lean

The color of the sun, his eyes were green

He had the nerve and he had the blood

There never was a horse like Tennessee stud

Had some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa

One of her brothers was a bad outlaw

Sent her a letter about my uncle Fud

And I rode away on a Tennessee stud

I rode on down through a beautiful land

I ran smack into an Indian band

Jumped their necks with a whoop and a yell

And I rode away like a bat out of hell

Circled their camp a time or two

Just to show 'em what a Tennessee horse can do

Redskin bucks couldn't get my bud

'Cause I was riding on a Tennessee stud

So I rode on down through a beautiful land

Across the river called the Rio Grande

Raced my horse with a spaniard's fold

And won me a sack full of silver and gold

Me and a gambler, we couldn't agree

Got in a fight over Tennessee

Drew our guns and he fell with a thud

And I rode away on a Tennessee stud

Tennessee stud is long and lean

The color of the sun, his eyes are green

He had the nerve and he had the blood

There never was a horse like the Tennessee stud

Got just as lonesome as a man can be

Dreamed about my girl back in Tennessee

Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue

'Cause he was dreaming of his sweetheart, too

So we loped on back 'cross Arkansas

And I whooped her mother and I whooped her pa

Found that girl with the golden hair

And she was riding on a Tennessee mare

Stirrup to stirrup and side by side

We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide

Come to Big Muddy, but we forded the flood

On a Tennessee mare and a Tennessee stud

Pretty little baby on the cabin floor

Little horses colt playing round the door

I love the girl with the golden hair

And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare

Tennessee stud is long and lean

The color of the sun, his eyes are green

He had the nerve and he had the blood

There never was a horse like the Tennessee stud

Never was a horse like the Tennessee stud

Never was a horse like the Tennessee stud

Never was a horse like the Tennessee stud

There never was a horse like the Tennessee stud

There never was a horse like the Tennessee stud

• Artist:Country Joe McDonald