Tenntucky
Tenntucky Nights: A Serenade of Love and Luck in the Hills
Lyrics
Down in the hills of old Tenntucky
Reflecting on the rural region of Tennessee and Kentucky, often merged as "Tenntucky."
I remember the night that I got lucky
Recalling a fortuitous or serendipitous moment in the past.
I saw you and you saw me
Mutual recognition and connection between the speaker and someone else.
Where the Cumberland River meets the Tennessee
Pointing to a specific geographical location where two rivers, Cumberland and Tennessee, converge.
It's good to be good but I'd rather be lucky
Expressing a preference for luck over being virtuous.
Down in the hills of old Tenntucky
Reiterating the setting of the narrative in the hills of Tenntucky.
Heard the call of a whippoorwill
Noting the sound of a whippoorwill, a bird associated with rural environments.
I thought I smelled a moonshine still
Suspecting the presence of an illegal homemade alcohol distillation apparatus (moonshine still).
Train whistle moan on down the track
Mentioning a train whistle, evoking nostalgia or a yearning for the past.
Taking me back
Reminiscing about past experiences and journeys.
Down in the hills of old Tenntucky
Reaffirming the location in the hills of Tenntucky.
Down in the hills of old Tenntucky
(Repetition of Line 12)
Heard the call of a whippoorwill
(Repetition of Line 8)
I thought I smelled a moonshine still
(Repetition of Line 9)
Train whistle moan on down the track
(Repetition of Line 10)
Taking me back
(Repetition of Line 11)
Down in the hills of old Tenntucky
(Repetition of Line 12)
Down in the hills of old Tenntucky
-Down in the hills of old Tenntucky
-Down in the hills of old Tenntucky
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