Wish I was in Tennessee,
Sitting in an easy chair,
My true love along my side,
Combing of her yellow hair,
Combing of her yellow hair!

Jaybird in an acorn tree,
Shaking acorns down,
My true love in an sugar tree
Shaking sugar down,
Shaking sugar down!

I went up on the hillside,
And gave my horn a blow,
I thought I heard the birds a-calling
Yonder comes by beau,
Yonder comes my beau!