Intro :
B ack about eighteen and twenty-five
I l eft Tennessee very much alive
I neve r would've made it through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been riding on the T ennessee S tud
H ad some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa
O ne of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I wrote a letter to my Uncle Fudd
And I rode away on the T ennessee S tud
Th e Tennesse e Stud wa s long and lean
Th e color of the s un and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
D rifted on down into no man's land
A cross the river called the Rio Grande
R aced my horse with the Spaniard's foe
Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold
M e and the gambler we couldn't agree
W e got in a fight over Tennessee
P ulled our guns and he fell with a thud
And I rode away on a Ten nessee Stu d
Th e Tennesse e Stud wa s long and lean
Th e color of the s un and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
I rode right back across Arkansas
I whupped her brother and I whupped her Pa
I found that girl with the golden hair
She was riding on a Tenn essee Mare
P retty little baby on the cabin floor
L ittle horse colt playing round the door
I loved the girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee Stud l oves the T ennessee Mare
Th e Tennesse e Stud wa s long and lean
Th e color of the s un and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud
