[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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There's a quiet and a peaceful county
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In the state of Tennessee
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You will find it in a book now
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That they call Geography
[Verse 2]
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Not famous for its farming
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It's either mining or it stills
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But they know there’s chittlin’ cookin’
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In them Cheatham County hills
[Chorus]
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When it’s chittlin’ cookin’ time in Cheatham County
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I’ll be courtin’ in them Cheatham County hills
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And I’ll pick a Cheatham County chittlin’ cooker
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I’ve a longin’ that the chittlin’s will fill
[Versde 3]
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There’s an art in chittlin’ cookin’
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And all good chittlin cooks
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They must master it by practice
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Cause it ain’t reknowned in books
[Verse 4]
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In the hills of Cheatham County
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In sunny Tennessee
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When the chittlins are in season
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Is where I long to be
[Chorus]
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When it’s chittlin’ cookin’ time in Cheatham County
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I’ll be courtin’ in them Cheatham County hills
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And I’ll pick a Cheatham County chittlin’ cooker
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I’ve a longin’ that the chittlin’s will fill
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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Of all good things put be for me
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I think chittlin’s are the best
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And when I press that dying pillow
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Let chittlin’s by my last request
[Chorus]
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When it’s chittlin’ cookin’ time in Cheatham County
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I’ll be courtin’ in them Cheatham County hills
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And I’ll pick a Cheatham County chittlin’ cooker
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I’ve a longin’ that the chittlin’s will fill
[Outro]
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I’ve a longin’ that the chittlin’s will fill
