Jackie Brown movie - Tennessee Stud lyrics

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Song by Johnny Cash<br /><br>

Back about eighteen and twenty-five<br>

I left Tennessee very much alive<br>

I never would've made it through the Arkansas mud<br>

If I hadn't been riding on the Tennessee Stud<br>

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Had some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa<br>

One of her brothers was a bad outlaw<br>

I wrote a letter to my Uncle Fudd<br>

And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud<br>

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The Tennessee Stud was long and lean<br>

The color of the sun and his eyes were green<br>

He had the nerve and he had the blood<br>

There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud<br>

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Drifted on down into no man's land<br>

Across the river called the Rio Grande<br>

Raced my horse with the Spaniard's foe<br>

Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold<br>

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Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree<br>

We got in a fight over Tennessee<br>

Pulled our guns and he fell with a thud<br>

And I rode away on a Tennessee Stud<br>

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The Tennessee Stud was long and lean<br>

The color of the sun and his eyes were green<br>

He had the nerve and he had the blood<br>

There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud<br>

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I rode right back across Arkansas<br>

I whupped her brother and I whupped her Pa<br>

I found that girl with the golden hair<br>

She was riding on a Tennessee Mare<br>

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Pretty little baby on the cabin floor<br>

Little horse colt playing round the door<br>

I loved the girl with the golden hair<br>

And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare<br>

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The Tennessee Stud was long and lean<br>

The color of the sun and his eyes were green<br>

He had the nerve and he had the blood<br>

There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud<br>

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