
Written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant
Wish that I was on ol' Rocky Top,
Chorus
Rocky Top, you'll always be
Once two strangers climbed ol' Rocky Top,
Chorus
Rocky Top, you'll always be
down in the Tennessee hills;
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top;
Ain't no telephone bills;
Once I had a girl on Rocky Top;
Half bear, other half cat;
Wild as a mink, but sweet as soda pop,
I still dream about that;
home sweet home to me;
Good ol' Rocky Top;
Rocky Top, Tennessee;
Rocky Top, Tennessee.
lookin' for a moonshine still;
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top;
Reckon they never will;
Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top;
Dirt's too rocky by far;
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
get their corn from a jar;
home sweet home to me;
Good ol' Rocky Top;
Rocky Top, Tennessee;
Rocky Top, Tennessee.
Did you know that Tennessee actually has six state songs?
Rocky Top is the fifth one.Click on these links to see the other five songs:
State Song No. 1
State Song No. 2
State Song No. 3
State Song No. 4
Tennessee Waltz is also one of our state songs. It has been recorded by Patti Page, Arthur Godfrey, Roy Rogers, Anne Murray and over 500 other artists. Over 54,000,000 records of Tennessee Waltz have been sold around the world since 1988. It is one of the biggest songs in England. To date it has been played on radio and TV more times than any country music song ever written. Several years ago sales were over 65,000,000.