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