Johnny Cash — Tennessee Stud

Back about eighteen and twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive I never would've made it through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been riding on a Tennessee stud Had some 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] The Tennessee stud was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green He had the nerve and he had the blood There never was a horse like the Tennessee stud Drifted on down into no man's land I crossed the river called the Rio Grande I raced my horse with a Spaniard's foe 'Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree We got in a fight over Tennessee We pulled our guns and he fell with a thud And I rode away on the Tennessee stud [Chorus] The Tennessee stud was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green He had the nerve and he had the blood There never was a horse like the Tennessee stud I rode right back across Arkansas I whipped her brother and I whipped her Pa I found that girl with the golden hair She was riding on a Tennessee mare Pretty little baby on the cabin floor Little horse colt playing 'round the door I loved the girl with the 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 were green He had the nerve and he had the blood There never was a horse like the Tennessee stud