"In Asheville, before that first broadcast (over WWNC), I told myself: 'He'll either make it good in a big way, or he'll do what he calls a complete flop'...I was even doubtful about his 'T for Texas,' although it might be termed lively. Still, what would people think if he sang over the radio 'I'm goin' to shoot poor Thelma, just to see her jump and fall'?...About the third week in June, there in Asheville, in 1927, my Jimmie came home one day without his usual teasingly greeting...'You see mother - I've been - let out - up at WWNC. They gave my spot to another entertainer.' 'But, darling you made good, didn't you?' Jimmie said, a little bitterly: 'Oh, I reckon I made good, okay.' From his hip pocket, he drew a bundle of letters, fan letters, and threw them on the bed...Raves about his sobbing yodeling - of all things - 'T For Texas.'" — Mrs. Carrie Rodgers

T. For Texas (Blue Yodel)

T for Texas, T for Tennessee
T for Texas, T for Tennessee
T for Thelma, that gal that made a wreck out of me.

If you don't want me, Mama, you sure don't have to stall
If you don't want me, Mama, you sure don't have to stall
'Cause I can get more woman than a passenger train can haul.

I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm am tall
I'm gonna buy me a pistol just as long as I'm am tall
I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma just to see her jump and fall.

I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
I'm going where the water drinks like cherry wine
'Cause the Georgia water tastes like turpentine.

I'm gonna buy me a shot gun with a great long shiny barrel
I'm gonna buy me a shot gun with a great long shiny barrel
I'm gonna shoot that rounder that stole away my gal.

Rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log
Rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log
Than to be in Atlanta treated like a dirty dog.