Along about eighteen twenty five
I left Tennessee very much alive
And I never would got through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been a-riding that Tennessee stud
V#2
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fud
Then I rode away on the Tennessee stud
The Tennessee Stud was long and mean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
V#3
And crossed that river called the Rio Grande
I raced my hoss with a Spaniard's foal
Till I got me a skin full of silver and gold
V#4
We got in a fight over Tennessee
We jerked our guns and he fell with a thud
And I got away on the Tennessee stud
V#5
The Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue
Cause he was dreaming bout his sweetheart too
V#6
I whooped her brother and I whooped her Paw
When I found that girl with the golden hair
She was a-riding that Tennessee mare
V#7
We crossed them mountains and the valleys wide
We came to big muddy and then we forded a flood
On the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee stud
V#8
And a little horse colt laying on the floor
I love that girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare