Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
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Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
This song made Jimmie Rodgers one of America’s first country music superstars. Rodgers is often credited with the invention of the country music, because he fused the mountain folk of The Carter Family with the raw blues of the delta, into a whole new genre.
[Verse 1]
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
T for Thelma, that gal that made a wreck out of me
[Refrain]
Oh-del-lay-ee oh, lay-ee eh, lay-ee
[Verse 2]
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall, oh Lord
If you don't want me mama, you sure don't have to stall
'Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul
[Refrain]
Oh-del-lay-ee oh, lay-ee eh, lay-ee
[Verse 3]
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall, Lord Lord
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall
I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma just to see her jump and fall
[Refrain]
Oh-del-lay-ee eh, lay-ee oh, lay-ee
[Verse 4]
I'm goin' where the water drinks like cherry wine, sing 'em boy sing 'em
Lord I'm goin' where the water drinks like cherry wine
'Cause this Georgia water tastes like turpentine
[Refrain]
Oh-del-lay-ee eh, lay-ee oh, lay-ee
[Verse 5]
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun with a great long shiny barrel
Gonna buy me a shotgun with a great long shiny barrel
I'm gonna shoot that rounder that stole away my gal
[Refrain]
Oh-del-lay-ee eh, lay-ee oh, lay-ee
[Verse 6]
Rather drink muddy water sleep in a holler log
Rather drink muddy water sleep in a holler log
Than to be in Atlanta treated like a dirty dog
[Refrain]
Oh-del-lay-ee eh, lay-ee oh, lay-ee
Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) was written by Jimmie Rodgers.
Jimmie Rodgers released Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) on Fri Feb 03 1928.