Jimmy Driftwood
Jimmy Driftwood
James Corbitt Morris, known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk-style songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud". Driftwood wrote more than 6,000 folk songs, of which more than 300 were recorded by various musicians.
"We fired our cannon til the barrel melted down, So we grabbed an alligator an we fought another round. We filled his head with cannon balls an powdered his behind, An when they touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind."
"I found that girl with the golden hair And she was ridin on a Tennessee mare."
"The Tennessee stud was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green. He had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee stud."
"Along about eighteen and twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive I never would have got through the Arkansas mud If I hadnt been a-ridin on the Tennessee stud."
"Stirrup to stirrup and side by side We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide. We came to Big Muddy and we forded the flood On the Tennessee mare and the Tennessee stud."
"Pretty little baby on the cabin floor Little hoss colt playin round the door I love the girl with golden hair And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare."
