Cat. #0864 (MFH #657) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on August 27, 1969
VERSE 1
T for Texas
T for Tennessee, Lord, Lord
T for Texas
T for Tennessee
T for Thelma
That gal made a wreck out'a me
VERSE 2
I'm gon'na buy me a pistol
Long as I'm tall
Gon'na shoot poor Thelma
See her jump an' fall
VERSE 3
I druther drink muddy water
An' sleep in a hollow log, Lord, Lord
Drather drink muddy water
Sleep in a hollow log
Just t' be in Atlanta
Treat like a dirty dog
VERSE 3
I'm go'in to buy me a shotgun
With a great long shiny barrell
I'm go'in t' buy me a shotgun
Great long shiny barrell
I'm gon'na shoot that rounder
T'ht stoled away my gal