Run O Molly run, run O Molly run   Tenbrooks gonna beat you to the bright shinin' sun.   To the bright shinin' sun O Lord to the bright shinin' sun      Tenbrooks was a big bay horse he wore that shaggy mane   He run all around Memphis he beat the Memphis train   Beat the Memphis train O Lord beat the Memphis train      See that train a-comin' it's comin' round the curve   See old Tenbrooks runnin' he's strainin' every nerve   Strainin' every nerve O Lord strainin' every nerve      Tenbrooks said to Molly what makes your head so red?   Runnin' in the hot sun puts fever in my head   Fever in my head O Lord fever in my head      Molly said to Tenbrooks you're lookin' mighty squirrel   Tenbrooks said to Molly I'm a-leavin' this old world   Leavin' this old world O Lord leavin' this old world      Out in California where Molly done as she pleased   Come back to old Kentucky got beat with all ease   Beat with all ease O Lord beat with all ease      The women all a-laughin' the child'n all a cryin'   The men all a-hollerin' old Tenbrooks a-flyin'   Old Tenbrooks a-flyin' O Lord old Tenbrooks a-flyin'      Kyper Kyper you're not A-ridin' right   Molly's beatin' old Tenbrooks clear out sight   Clear out of sight O Lord clear out of sight      Kyper Kyper Kyper my son   Give old Tenbrooks the bridle let old Tenbrooks run   Let old Tenbrooks run O Lord let old Tenbrooks run      Go and catch old Tenbrooks and hitch him in the shade   We're gonna bury old Molly in a coffin ready made   Coffin ready made O Lord coffin ready made