T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)

T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)

T for texas t for tennessee (repeat) t for thelma that gal that
Made a wreck
Out of me. (yodel) (second verse) if you don't want me, mamma,
You don't have
To call (repeat)'cause i can get more women than a passenger
Train can
Haul.(yodel) (third verse) i'm gonna buy me a pistol just as
Long as i am tall
(repeat) i'm gonna shoot poor thelma just to see her jump and
Fall. (yodel) i'm
Goin' where the water drinks like cherry wine (repeat) 'cause
That georgia
Water tastes like turpintine. (yodel) (fourth verse) i'm goin'
To buy me a
Shotgun with a big long shiny barrel (repeat) i'm goin' to shoot
That lyin' dog
That stole away my gal.(yodel) (fifth verse) rather drink muddy
Water, sleep in
A hollow log (repeat) than to be in atlanta-treated like a dirty
Dog. (yodel)