Tennessee Stud

[Verse 1] Back about eighteen and twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive I never would've made it through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been riding on a Tennessee Stud Had some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa One of her brothers was a bad outlaw I got a letter to my Uncle Bud And 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 There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud [Verse 2] Well I rode right down into no man's land Crossed that river called the Rio Grande I raced my horse with a Spaniard foe Got me a skin full of silver and gold Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree We got in a fight over Tennessee We pulled our guns and he fell with a thud And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud [Chorus] [Verse 3] Rode right back across Arkansas I whipped her brother and I whipped her Pa I found that girl with the golden hair She was riding on a Tennessee Mare Pretty little baby on the cabin floor Little horse colt playing round the door I loved the girl with the golden hair And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare [Chorus]