Well once I knew a little gal and her Daddy called her Sal She was living down in sunny Tennessee She had red long wavy hair and her face had ______ And I knew she was the gal for me But one said I'd go just to see that gal you know For I always long to sit right by here side But her Daddy always had a big dog he was bad And I could never ask her to be my bride Up the path I drew at last on the inside gate I passed But I knew the old man waiting inside the door Then in the corner I gear a click, hear the old man holler sick But I knew I was getting the thing I was looking for How I thought of Mama dear as my pants begin to tear And my darling Sal seemed almost close to me I will never forget that spot in that little old backyard lot Where that bulldog chased me out of Tennessee I could hear old Sally singing as she said farewell to me As I crossed the hills and hollers to my mother I did flee As the moon rose in its' glory there I told my mother story Of that bulldog in sunny Tenneesee