You take a K and a E N and a T U and a C K Y

And that spells KENTUCKY and it means paradise

You take a chicken and you kill it and you put it in the skillet

And you fry up a golden brown

That's southern cookin' and that's mighty nice

It don't cover lot when you look on a map

But I once studied geography when I sat in my mama's lap

You take a K and a E N and a T U and a C K Y

And that spells KENTUCKY and it means paradise

[ dobro ]

It don't cover lot...

[ banjo ]

It don't cover lot...

I said Kentucky and it means paradise