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)