Tennessee Stud (Tribute To Doc Watson)

(album: Music To My Ears - 2012)

This song is for the man that made us all wanna' play guitar
My old friend Doc Watson. Doc, I sure hope you enjoy this tribute

Along about 1825
I left Tennessee very much alive
I never woulda' gotten through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been a riding on the Tennessee stud

I had some trouble with my sweethearts paw
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I sent her a letter by my uncle thud
And 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 and he had the blood
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud

We drifted on down into No-mans land
Across the river called the Rio Grande
I raced my horse with the spaniards four
'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 Tennessee
We 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
He had the muscle and he had the blood
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud

Well, I got as lonesome as a man can be
A' dreaming of my girl in Tennessee
The Tennessee stud's green eyes turned blue
'Cause he was a' dreaming of a sweetheart too

We loped right on across Arkansas
I whooped her brother and I whooped her paw
I found that girl with the golden hair
And she was a' riding on the 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 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

A pretty little baby on the cabin floor
A little horse colt playing 'round the door
I love that girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee mare
They're good horses

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 horse like the Tennessee stud