Tennessee Orange

• By: Megan Moroney

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
news /njuːz/ A2	noun - newly received or noteworthy information
songs /sɒŋz/ A1	noun - a musical composition with words
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs of vision
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - place where one lives
things /θɪŋz/ A1	noun - objects; items
sin /sɪn/ B2	noun - an act against religious or moral law
orange /ˈɒrɪndʒ/ A1	noun - a color between red and yellow adjective - of the color orange
hat /hæt/ A1	noun - a covering for the head
lights /laɪts/ A1	noun - sources of illumination
smile /smaɪl/ A1	noun - a facial expression indicating pleasure verb - to express pleasure with a smile
blow /bloʊ/ B1	verb - to expel air forcefully through the mouth or nose
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - to shed tears
felt /felt/ A2	verb - past tense of feel; to experience an emotion or sensation
worry /ˈwʌri/ A2	verb - to feel or show anxiety and concern about actual or potential problems
wrong /rɒŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct or true; incorrect

Grammar:

• Don't ya tell daddy

  ➔ Informal contraction and imperative

  ➔ "Don't ya" is an informal contraction of "don't you". This is followed by an imperative verb "tell" making it a command/request not to tell her father. The use of "ya" instead of "you" is common in some dialects.

• He'll blow a fuse

  ➔ Future tense with idiom

  ➔ "He'll blow a fuse" uses the future tense auxiliary "will" (contracted to "'ll"). "Blow a fuse" is an idiom meaning to become very angry.

• I know you raised me to know right from wrong

  ➔ Past tense, infinitive of purpose

  ➔ "Raised" is the past tense of "raise". The phrase "to know right from wrong" uses the infinitive "to know" to express the purpose of her upbringing.

• It ain't what you think

  ➔ Informal contraction, present tense

  ➔ "Ain't" is an informal contraction for "is not" or "are not" or "am not". Here, it is used in place of "is not".

• I met somebody and he's got blue eyes

  ➔ Past simple, present perfect continuous(implied)

  ➔ "Met" is the past simple form of "meet". "He's got" is a contraction of "he has got", an alternative to "he has" for possession. The blue eyes are relevant to what follows.

• He ain't from where we're from

  ➔ Negative form, relative clause

  ➔ "Ain't" is a negative form (is not). "Where we're from" is a relative clause acting as an adverbial, modifying the preposition "from". "we're" is the contracted form of "we are".

• He's got me doing things I've never done

  ➔ Causative "have/get" construction, past participle

  ➔ "He's got me doing..." is a causative construction, meaning he is causing or influencing her to do things. "I've never done" uses the present perfect to indicate that she has not experienced those things before.

• In Georgia, they call it a sin

  ➔ Simple present tense, impersonal pronoun

  ➔ "Call" is used in the simple present tense to express a general truth or common belief. "They" is an impersonal pronoun referring to people in general in Georgia.