Had a girl and her name was still, (down in Arkansas) I loved that gal and I always will, (down in Arkansas) Her liver lips and her hair so black, she was so crosseyed for a fact She cried and the tears rolled down her back, (down in Arkansas) Down in the Arkan, down in the Arkan, down in the Arkansas The only girl I ever loved, down in the Arkansas Had a cow that slobbered so bad, (down in Arkansas) I spent all the money I had, (down in Arkansas) I went to see old doctor Smith, I asked him what to do for it? He said, "Teach that cow to spit."(down in Arkansas) Down in the Arkan, down in the Arkan, down in the Arkansas The only girl I ever loved, down in the Arkansas Whole lot of girls with paint on their lips, (down in Arkansas) Just to make one glorious diff, (down in Arkansas) They all went to the dance and frolic, and that paint was pure alcoholic But few of them died with the painter's colic. (down in Arkansas) Down in the Arkan, down in the Arkan, down in the Arkansas The only girl I ever loved, down in the Arkansas Deacon Jones had a setting hen, (down in Arkansas) Gave her to his brother Ben, (down in Arkansas) From his fur pants he made her nest, he told that hen to do her best She hatched out a coat and vest. (down in Arkansas) Down in the Arkan, down in the Arkan, down in the Arkansas The only girl I ever loved, down in the Arkansas Man by the name of David Crockett, (down in Arkansas) He put his false teeth in his hip pocket, (down in Arkansas) He was walking all around and around, hitched up his horse and started to town The darn teeth bit him, when he set down. (down in Arkansas)