1. 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 the Tennessee Stud

Had some trouble with my sweetheart`s pa
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I write a letter to my uncle Fudd
And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud

R: 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 Tennessee Stud

2. Drifted on down into no man's land
Across the river called the Rio Grande
Raced my horse with the 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
Pulled our guns and he fell with a thud
And I rode away on a Tennessee Stud

R: The Tennessee Stud was long and lean...

3. I rode right back across Arkansas
I whupped her brother and I whupped 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

R: The Tennessee Stud was long and lean...