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Mammas Don't Let Your Babies ...

Rise Up Singing:
Farm & Prairie
p. 53
Alternate Title: 
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
First Line: 
Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold

Artist & Tune

Composed by: 
Ed Bruce
Patsy Bruce
Rec/Performed by: 
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson

Version by Ed Bruce

Version by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

Version by unlisted performer

Version by Lucinda Williams

Version by The Highwaymen

Reference

Genre: 
country

About the Song

This written by country singer Ed Bruce with his wife Patty. He released the song in 1975 on his self titled album.

Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson released the song on their 1978 "Waylon & Willie" album. The song reached #1 on the Billboard country chart. 

The song (sung by Nelson) was featured in the 1979 comedy western film "Electric Horseman" starring Jane Fonda, Robert Redford & Nelson.

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