Blue Yodel No. 1 [T for Texas] lyrics

T for Texas, T for Tennessee

T for Texas, T for Tennessee

T for Thelma, That gal that made a wreck out of me

(Yodeling)

If you don't want me, woman, you sure don't have to stall,

If you don't want me, mama, you sure don't have to stall

'Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul

(Yodeling)

I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall

I'm gonna buy me a pistol, just as long as I'm tall

I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma just to see her jump and fall

(Yodeling)

I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine

I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine

'Cause the Georgia water tastes like turpentine

(Yodeling)

I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a big, long, shiny barrel

I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a big, long, shiny barrel

I'm gonna shoot that round dog that stole away my gal

(Yodeling)

Rather drink muddy water than sleep in a hollow log

I'd rather drink muddy water than a sleep in a hollow log

Than to be in Atlanta, treated like a dirty dog

(Yodeling)

• Artist:Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)