Tennessee Stud Lyrics - 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. 

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