| Now there are folks who like to brag about where they came from
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| But when they start that stuff I let 'em be
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| But it makes me feel like I wanna brag some
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| To know that I come from the state of Tennessee
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| Let’s give old Tennessee credit for music
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| As they play it up in Nashville everyday
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| Let’s give old Tennessee credit for music
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| As they play it in that old Hillbilly way
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| Mister Red Foley came from Kentucky
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| Now, Ernest Tubb down in Texas, don’t you see
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| But if all you folks out there can remember
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| Mister Eddy Arnold came from Tennessee
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| Let’s give old Tennessee credit for music
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| As they play it up in Nashville everyday
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| Let’s give old Tennessee credit for music
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| They make bombs they say, that can blow up our world, dear
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| Well a country boy like me, I will agree
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| But if all you folks out there can remember
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| They made the first atomic bomb in Tennessee
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| Let’s give old Tennessee credit for music
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| As they play it up in Nashville everyday
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| Let’s give old Tennessee credit for music
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| As they play it in that old hillbilly way
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| Let’s give old Tennessee credit for music
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| As they play it up in Nashville everyday
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| Let’s give old Tennessee credit for music
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| As they play it in that old hillbilly way |