Along about eighteen twenty-five
I left Tennessee very much alive
And I never would have gotten through the 
Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been a-ridin that 
Tennessee stud
I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa
And one of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I sent her a letter by my 
Uncle FudAnd 
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
A-He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a hoss like the 
Tennessee stud
We drifted on down into no man's land
We crossed that river called the 
Rio Grande
I raced my hoss with the 
Spaniard's foal
Till I got me a skin full of silver and gold
Me and the gambler we couldn't agree
We got in a fight over 
TennesseeWe jerked our guns, and he fell with a thud
And I got away on the 
Tennessee stud
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
A-He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a hoss like the 
Tennessee stud
Well I got just as lonesome as a man can be
A-Dreaming of my girl in 
TennesseeThe 
Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue
Cause he was a-dreamin' of his sweetheart, too
We loped right back across 
ArkansasI whoop her brother and 
I whoop her pa
When I found that girl with the golden hair
And she was 
A-ridin' that 
Tennessee mare (whoa, boy)
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
And there never was a hoss like the 
Tennessee stud
Stirrup to stirrup and side by side
We crossed them mountains and the valleys wide
We came into 
Big Muddy then we forded a flood
On the Tennessee mare and the 
Tennessee stud
There's a pretty little baby on the cabin floor
A little hoss colt playin' 'round the door
I love the girl with golden hair
And the Tennessee stud loves the 
Tennessee mare (They'se good hosses)
The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
And he had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a hoss like the 
Tennessee stud