Chittlin’ Cookin’ Time In Cheatham County

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 chittlin's cookin' In them Cheatham County hills When it's chittlin' cookin' time in Cheatham County I'll be courtin' in them Cheatham County hills And I'll pick a Cheatham County chittlin' cooker I've a longin' that the chittlin's will fill There's an art in chittlin' cookin' And in all good chittlin' cooks They must master it by practice 'Cause it ain't renowned in books In the hills of Cheatham County In sunny Tennessee When the chittlin's are in season Is where I long to be When it's chittlin' cookin' time in Cheatham County I'll be courtin' in them Cheatham County hills And I'll pick a Cheatham County chittlin' cooker I've a longin' that the chittlin's will fill Of all the things they put before me I think chittlin's are the best And when I press that dying pillow Let chittlin's by my last request When it's chittlin' cookin' time in Cheatham County I'll be courtin' in them Cheatham County hills And I'll pick a Cheatham County chittlin' cooker I've a longin' that the chittlin's will fill I've a longin' that the chittlin's will fill