Lyrics:

Back about 1825, I left Tennessee very much alive
I never would've made it 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 send her a letter by my Uncle Fudd
And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud

The Tennesee Stud was long and lean
The color 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 Spainard foal
And I won me a skin full of silver and gold

Me and a gambler, couldn't agree
We got in a fight over Tennessee

We jerked our guns and he fell with a thud
And I got away on the Tennessee Stud

Well, I got as lonesome as a man can be
Dreaming 'bout my girl in Tennessee

The Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue
Cause he was a'dreaming of his sweetheart, too

We loped across to Arkansas
I whipped her brother and whipped her pa

I found that girl with the golden hair
And she was a riding on the Tennessee Mare

Now the Tennesee Stud was long and lean
The color 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

Now we got a little baby on the cabin floor
A little horse colt playin' round the door

And I love the girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare

The Tennesee Stud was long and lean
The color 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