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)