T For Texas (blue Yodel No. 1)

T for Texas, T for Tennessee

T for Texas, T for Tennessee

T for Telma the gal

Who made a wreck out of me

If you don't want me, mama, you sure don't have to stall

If you don't want me, mama, you sure don't have to stall

'Cause I can get more women than a passenger train can haul

Gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall

Gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall

I'm gonna shoot poor Telma just to see her jump and fall

Rather drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log

Rather drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log

Than to be in Atlanta treated like an old hound dog

Gonna buy me a shotgun with a big long shiny belt

Gonna get me a shotgun with a big long shiny belt

Gonna shoot that rounder the one who stole away my gal

T for Texas, T for Tennessee