Well long a-bout eigh-teen twen-ty five I I left Tenn-ess-ee a bare-ly half a-live. And I ne-ver would-'ve got through the Ar-kan-sas mud If I had-n't been rid-ing on the Tenn-ess-ee Stud. I had some trou-ble with my sweet-heart's Pa-a. One of her bro-thers was a bad out-law. sent her a le-tter by my Un-cle Fudd. And then I rode a-way on the Tenn-ess-ee Stud. Oh the Tenn-ess-ee Stud was long and lean .The col-or of the sun and his eyes were green. He had the nerve and he had the blood and there ne-ver was a horse like the Tenn-ess-ee Stud Well we drift-ed on down in-to no man's land. And crossed that riv-er called the Ri-o Grande. I raced my horse with the Span-iard's foal. Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold. Me and the gamb-ler, we could-n't a-gree. got in a fight o-ver Tenn-ess-ee. We jerked our guns and he fe-ell with a thud. And I rode a-way on the Tenn-ess-ee