"Along about eighteen and twenty-five I left Tennessee very much alive I never would have got through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been a-ridin on the Tennessee stud."
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Singer-songwriters from the United StatesGuitarists from the United StatesFolk singersSongwriters from the United StatesMusicians from Arkansas
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"Tennessee Stud" (1958)
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Jimmy Driftwood
James Corbitt Morris (20 June 1907 – 12 July 1998), more famous as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was a prolific American folk songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud".
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