作词 : Public Domain, Rodgers
T for Texas, T for Tennesee

T for Texas, T for Tennessee

T for Thelma

That gal made a wreck out of me.

O-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee
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.

O-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee

I'm gonna buy me a pistol
Just as long as I'm tall, Lawd, Lawd
I'm gonna buy me a pistol

Just as long as I'm tall

I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma

Just to see her jump and fall.

O-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee

I'm goin' where
the water taste like cherry wine

sing 'em boys sing 'em

Lord I'm goin' where
the water drink like cherry wine

Cause this Georgia water taste like turpentine

O-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee

I'm gonna buy me a shotgun

With a great long shiny barrel

I'm gonna buy me a shotgun
With a great long shiny barrel

I'm gonna shoot that rounder
That stole my gal.

O-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee

Rather drink muddy water

Sleep in a hollow log

Rather drink muddy water
And sleep in a hollow log

Than to be in Atlanta

Treated like a dirty dog.

O-de-lay-ee-a-lay-ee-o-ly-ee