Jimmie Rodgers T for Texas (Blur Yodel # 1) 1928 Lyrics

T for Texas, T for Tennessee;
T for Texas, T for Tennessee;
T for Thelma,
That gal that made a wreck out of me.
[Refrain (yodel)] O-la-ee-oo La-ee-oo La-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-la-ee-oo La-ee-oo La-ee.
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm tall;
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-la-ee-oo La-ee-oo La-ee.
I'm goin' where the water drinks like cherry wine;
I'm goin' where the water drinks like cherry wine;
'Cause the Georgia water
Tastes like turpentine.
O-la-ee-oo La-ee-oo La-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 away my gal.
O-la-ee-oo La-ee-oo La-ee.
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 a dirty dog.
O-la-ee-oo La-ee-oo La-ee.[3]