Two Ton Tessie Lyrics - Live In Concert - Ray Charles

Down in Nashville, Tennessee [(oh yeah)] 

There's a sight you oughta see [(oh yeah)] 

But as long as you can't get down there 

I'll tell you all, so listen to me 

There's a girl named Tessie Town [(oh yeah)] 

And she weighs about four hundred pounds [(oh yeah)] 

She's fat and fair, but she don't care 

'Cause the boys all hang around 

They call her Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee 

Holds ten sweeties up on her knee 

When she does, all the fun begins 

When they play tennis on her double-chin 

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They all answer to her demands 

And bring her tires for wedding bands 

Well, I just got a little inside tip 

They promised her a nightclub on her hip 

Yeah, Two Ton Tessie from Nashville, Tennessee 

[(She's from Tennessee)] 

[(Every time she struts around)] Uh-huh 

[(She puts on an extra pound)] Is that right? 

[(But it doesn't seem to worry her)(The weight is making Tessie reknowned)(Is a-trying to reduce)(And she's got a good excuse)(Fat and fair, but she don't care)('Cause the boys all hang around)(They call her)] Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee 

Goes in swimming up to her knee 

Once she went in to her neck 

The tide rose up and made the town a wreck 

She was hit on the railroad track 

Engines hit her and bounced right back 

Her appendix had to come out fast 

They couldn't operate, so they had to blast 

On Two Ton Tessie from Nashville, Tennessee 

[(She's from Tennessee)] 

On a streetcar I heard 'em say 

Six men gave her a seat one day 

All the baseball players have stopped their gym 

They run around Tessie just to stay in trim 

Two ton Tessie from Knoxville, I mean a-Memphis 

Oh-ah, Nashville, Tennessee 

[(She's from Tennessee)] 

A-that's right!