Tennessee Stud - Eddy Arnold

Well, there never was a hoss 
Like the Tennessee Stud 

Along about 18 to 25 
I left Tennessee very much alive 
I never would have got 
Through the Arkansas mud 
If I hadn't been a-ridin' on the Tennessee Stud 

I had some trouble 
With my sweethearts, pa 
One of her brothers 
Was a bad outlaw 

I sent her a letter 
By my Uncle Fud 
An I rode away 
On the Tennessee Stud 

The Tennessee Stud was long and lean 
The color of the sun 
And his eyes were green 
He had the nerve an he had the blood 
And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee Stud 

We drifted on down 
Into no man's land 
We crossed the river 
Called the Rio Grande 

I raced my hoss 
With the Spaniards bold 
'Till I got me a skin 
Full-a silver an gold 

Me an a gambler 
Couldn't agree 
We got in a fight 
Over Tennessee 

We jerked our guns 
He fell with a thud 
An I got away 
On the Tennessee Stud 

Well, I got as lonesome 
As a man can be 
A-dreamin' of my girl 
In Tennessee 

The Tennessee Stud's 
Green eyes turned blue 
'Cause he was a-dreamin' 
Of a sweetheart, too 

We loped right on 
Across Arkansas 
I wupped her brother 
And I wupped her pa 

I found that girl 
With the golden hair 
An she was a-ridin' 
On the Tennessee mare 

The Tennessee Stud was long an lean 
The color of the sun 
And his eyes were green 
He had the nerve an a-he had the blood 
And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee Stud 

Stirrup to stirrup 
And side by side 
We crossed the mountains 
And the valleys wide 

We came to Big Muddy 
And we forded the flood 
On the Tennessee mare 
An the Tennessee Stud 

Purdy little baby 
On the cabin floor 
Little hoss colt 
Playin' round the door 

I love the girl 
With the golden hair 
And the Tennessee Stud 
Loves the Tennessee Mare 

The Tennessee Stud was long an lean 
The color of the sun 
And his eyes were green 
He had the nerve an he had the blood 
And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee Stud.