Tennessee Stud

[Verse 1]
In eighteen hundred and twenty-five
I left Tennessee very much alive
I never would have made it through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been ridin on the Tennessee stud
I had a little trouble with my sweetheart's pa
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I wrote a letter to my Uncle Fud
And I rode away on the Tennessee stud

[Chorus]
And the Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
Never was a horse like the Tennessee stud

[Verse 2]
Drifted down into no man's land
Across the river called the Rio Grande
I raced my horse with the Spaniard's fold
And I won me a bag full of silver and gold
Me and the Spainiard, we couldn't agree
We got in a fight over Tennessee
Pulled our pistols and he fell with a thud
And I rode away on my Tennessee stud

[Chorus]
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes are green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
Never was a horse like the Tennessee stud

[Verse 3]
I went back to Arkansas
Whipped her brother and I whipped her pa
Found me the girl with the golden hair
And she was a-ridin' on the Tenessee mare
Our little baby crawlin' on the cabin floor
Little full colt playin' 'round the door
I love the girl with golden hair
And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare

[Chorus]
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes are green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
Never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes are green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
Never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
Well, he had the nerve and he had the blood
Never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
Yeah, he had the nerve and he had the blood
Never was a horse like the Tennessee stud