(Merle Travis)

Now a lot of words have spelled the same with a different meanin' you see
But here's a brand new way to spell heaven and accordin' to me
You take a K and an E and an N and a T and U C K Y
That spells Kentucky but it means paradise.

You take a chicken and you kill it
And you throw it in the skillet
And you fry up a golden brown
That's southern cookin' taste mighty fine.

It don't cover a lot when you look on a map
But I once studied geography
When I was sattin' on my mama's lap
You take K E N T U C K Y that spells Kentucky but it means paradise.

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It don't cover a lot when you look on a map
But I once studied geography
When I was sattin' on my mama's lap
You take K E N T U C K Y that spells Kentucky but it means paradise.

Yes, that spells Kentucky but it means paradise...