Chittlin’ Cookin’ Time In Cheatham County Lyrics

There’s a quiet and a peaceful county in the state of Tennessee
You will find it in a book now that they call Geography

Not famous for its farming, it's either minin’ or it's stills
But they know that there’s chitlins cookin’ in them Cheatham County hills

When it’s chitlin cookin’ time in Cheatham County
I’ll be courtin’ in them Cheatham County hills

And I’ll pick a Cheatham County chitlin cooker
I’ve a longin’ that the chitlins will fill

There’s an art in chitlin cookin’ and all good chitlin cooks
They must master it by practice, ‘cause it ain’t renowned in books

In the hills of Cheatham County, in sunny Tennessee
When chitlins are in season is where I long to be

When it’s chitlin cookin’ time in Cheatham County
I’ll be courtin’ in them Cheatham County hills

And I’ll pick a Cheatham County chitlin cooker
I’ve a longin’ that the chitlins will fill

Of all the things they put before me
I think chitlins are the best

And when I press that dying pillow
Let chitlins by my last request

When it’s chitlin cookin’ time in Cheatham County
I’ll be courtin’ in them Cheatham County hills
And I’ll pick a Cheatham County chitlin cooker

I’ve a longin’ that the chitlins will fill
I’ve a longin’ that the chitlins will fill