Lyrics Blue Yodel - Jimmie Rodgers

T for Texas, T for Tennessee
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
T for Thelma
That gal that made a wreck out of me

Oh-del-lay-eh, oh, lay-eh, lay

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

Oh-del-lay-eh, oh, lay-eh, lay

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

Oh-del-lay-eh, oh, lay-oh, lay

I'm goin' where the water drinks like cherry wine
Sing 'em, boys, ding 'em
Lord, I'm goin' where the water drinks like cherry wine
'Cause the Georgia water
Tastes like turpentine

Oh-del-lay-eh, oh, lay-eh, lay

I'm gonna buy me a shotgun
With a great long shiny barrel
Gonna buy me a shotgun
With a great long shiny barrel
I'm gonna shoot that rounder
That stole away my gal

Oh-del-lay-eh, oh, lay-eh, lay

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

Oh-del-lay-eh, oh, lay-eh, oh-lay