Tennessee Stud - Eddy Arnold

Tennessee Stud
Written by: Jimmie Driftwood

Tennessee Stud Lyrics

Well, there never was a hoss
Like the Tennessee Stud

Along about 1825
I left Tennessee very much alive
I never would have got
Through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been a-ridin' on the Tennessee Stud

I had some trouble
With my sweethearts, pa
One of her brothers
Was a bad outlaw
I sent her a letter
By my Uncle Fud
An I rode away
On the Tennessee Stud

The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun
And his eyes were green
He had the nerve an 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 the river
Called the Rio Grande
I raced my hoss
With the Spaniards bold
'Till I got me a skin
Full-a silver an gold

Me an a gambler
Couldn't agree
We got in a fight
Over Tennessee
We jerked our guns
He fell with a thud
An I got away
On 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 a-dreamin'
Of a sweetheart, too

We loped right on
Across Arkansas
I wupped her brother
And I wupped her pa
I found that girl
With the golden hair
An she was a-ridin'
On the Tennessee mare

The Tennessee Stud was long an lean
The color of the sun
And his eyes were green
He had the nerve an a-he had the blood
And there never was a hoss 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
An the Tennessee Stud

Purdy little baby
On the cabin floor
Little hoss 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 an lean
The color of the sun
And his eyes were green
He had the nerve an he had the blood
And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee Stud.

Tennessee Stud Singers

1. Jimmie Driftwood (Billboard hot C&W Sides) June 1959 First recording on November 26, 1958 First release
2. Eddy Arnold June 1959.

3. Jack Elliott August 1962 4. Walter Brennan September 1963 5. The Pacers 1963 6. Randy Boone with Rhythm Accompaniment March 1965 7. Doc Watson 1966 8. Win Stracke 1968 9. Country Joe McDonald March 1970 10. Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins August 1970 11. The Osborne Brothers March 1971 12. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band feat. Doc Watson October 1972 13. Sawtooth Mountain Boys 1976 14. Chris LeDoux January 15, 1978 15. Jay Boy Adams 1978 16. Hank Williams, Jr. August 1981 17. Red Steagall 1982 18. Johnny Cash April 26, 1994 19. Paul & Margie 1994 20. Sherwin & Pam Linton 1996 21. Flathead 1997 22. Rancho Deluxe 2000 23. Doc Watson and David Holt April 9, 2002 24. The Chieftains with Jeff White September 17, 2002 25. Sine Bach Rüttel 2004 26. The Little Willies March 7, 2006 27. Darrel Higham 2006 28. Brad Davis January 25, 2011 29. Brother Grass November 25, 2011 30. Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder September 25, 2012 31. Bobby Bare November 13, 2012 32. Andy Lee Lang June 26, 2013 33. The Rainmakers 2015 34. The Cashmen 2016 35. The Roe Family Singers May 8, 2020.


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