Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
[Verse 1]
Well, me and my baby was a-walkin' down the road
Just a-hoppin' along like two little toads
I looked down at her; I said, "What can we do?"
She said, "Let's go someplace where we can bop to the blues"
[Verse 2]
I said, "I didn't know a place where we can do such a thing"
She said, "I know a place, and, man, it's just a dream"
It's just a little spot on the outside of town
Where we can really pick 'em up and put 'em down
[Chorus]
So we went, yeah we was gone gone long gone
I'll tell you more about it in the very next verse of the song
[Verse 3]
So we went to a place called Everybody's
There I met a little chick called the Tennessee Toddy
The reason she was called the Tennessee Toddy
Was that she was all legs with a little bitty body
[Chorus]
But that cat could go, yeah, she was gone, gone, long gone
Well I'll tell you all about it in the very next verse of my song
[Verse 4]
She was long and lean like a green string bean
Calm and collected and cool and keen
She was all of this and a whole lot more
When my baby saw me watching her, she threw me out the door
[Chorus]
And we were gone, yeah, we were gone, long gone
And I'll tell you more about it in the very next verse of my song
[Verse 5]
I took my baby home and she said, "Good night"
She said, "Be real good and sleep real tight"
I rushed right back to Everybody's
'Cause I had to get acquainted with the Tennessee Toddy
[Chorus]
So we left there, yeah, I was gone, gone, long gone
Well I'll tell you more about it in the very next verse of my song
[Verse 6]
Well I was back there jumpin' with Toddy at three
When in walked a gent twice as big as me
He looked real mean and mad and sore
He made for me and I made for the door
[Chorus]
Just a-runnin', yeah, I was gone, gone, long gone
Well I'll tell you more about it in the very next verse of my song
[Verse 7]
Well I didn't know the Toddy had a man of her own
Made outta nothing but muscle and bone
I know I'd rather have baby instead
But that big ape put knots on my head
[Chorus]
So I left there, yeah, I was gone, gone, long gone
And there ain't no more, so this is the end of my song
Tennessee Toddy was written by Marty Robbins.
Marty Robbins released Tennessee Toddy on Mon Dec 19 1955.