Tennessee Border Songtext
von Red Foley

Her eyes was red her name was Helen
Her head looked like a watermelon
Her hair was long she had a tony
Her neck looked like a roll of bologna
Her teeth stuck out so firm
She didn′t have much sense
She could gnaw an ear of corn
Right through a picket fence
Her marriage license cost a quarter
On the Tennessee border

One night I took her out
To see what we could see
Just then he saw her husband
And he stood six-foot-three
He had brass knuckles made to order
Now my teeth are scattered
On the Tennessee border


Her hair was red her name was Hannah
Her nose looked like a big banana

She weighed so much he had some trouble
He thought that he was seeing double
He put his arm around her
And he tried to hug her
But he couldn't get close enough
′Cause she had too much blubber
She was too fat he couldn't court her
Now she wears a girdle 'round her
Tennessee border


One night I took her out
Just across the line
She stubbed her toe and fell
In a barrel of turpentine
Hey, Ernest
Yeah, Red
Whatever in the world ever happened to that old man′s daughter?
Well, the last time I saw her, Red
She was headed for
The Tennessee border