TENNESSEE STUD
(Jimmie Driftwood)
Jimmy Driftwood - 1959
Eddy Arnold - 1959
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - 1962
Doc Watson - 1966
Porter Wagoner - 1969
Jake & The Family Jewels - 1970
Country Joe McDonald - 1970
Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed - 1971
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Doc Watson - 1972
Chris LeDoux - 1978
Arlo Guthrie - 1978
Hank Williams Jr. - 1981
Rattlesnake Annie - 1993
Johnny Cash - 1994
Sherwin & Pam Linton - 1996
Michael Martin Murphey - 1997
Paul & Margie - 1998
Rancho DeLuxe - 2000
Joe Ross - 2000
David Holt & Doc Watson - 2001
The Chieftains & Jeff White - 2002
Krüger Brothers - 2002
The Little Willies - 2005
Chris Jones - 2007
Emily Rose - 2009
Also recorded by:
Osborne Brothers; Roy Rogers; Del Barden; Red Steagall;
Terry Woods; Art Thieme; Mike Auldridge; Ralph Stanley;
The Spotnicks; Tennessee Ernie Ford.........and others.
Along about eighteen and twenty-five
I left Tennessee very much alive
I never woulda got through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been a-ridin' on the Tennessee stud
I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I sent her a letter by my Uncle Fud
And I rode away on the Tennessee stud
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The colour of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
One day I was a-ridin' through a beautiful land
When I ran smack into an Indian band
They jumped their nags with a whoop and a yell
And away we went like a bat outta hell
I circled their camp for a time or two
To show 'em what a Tennessee horse can do
Them Redskin boys couldn't get my blood
'Cause I was a-ridin' on the Tennessee stud
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The colour of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
We drifted on down into no man's land
We crossed the river called the Rio Grande
I raced my horse with a Spaniard bold
Till I got me a skin full of silver and gold
Me and a gambler we couldn't agree
We got in a fight over Tennessee
We jerked our guns, he fell with a thud
And I got away on the Tennessee stud
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The colour of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a horse like 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 dreamin' of his sweetheart too
We loped right on across Arkansas
I whupped her brother and whupped her Pa
I found that girl with the golden hair
And she was a-ridin' on a Tennessee mare
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The colour of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a horse 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 and the Tennessee stud
A pretty little baby on the cabin floor
A little horse 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 and lean
The colour of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud
