I started singing cowboy songs when I was 15 years old around the campfire at
Sky Ranch in Lewisville, Texas. Some were songs my parents and relatives taught
me. My uncle (who ranched in Arkansas) and my step-grandfather (who ranched
in Texas) loved to hum a tune while working. Since then I’ve been called a
Cosmic Cowboy, Urban Cowboy, Outlaw Cowboy and lots of other names describing
cowboy types. Through it all, since I was a lad in Texas, I’ve managed to
live out west and stay on horseback. Give me a good steel-string guitar, a
pony, nights under western stars and a "home on the range" when I’m too old
to ride. One more request: Let’s drop all the words that go in front--from
now on it’s just COWBOY! And here’s to putting "WESTERN" back with the
word "COUNTRY." After all, before there were country songs, there were cowboy songs!
Michael Martin Murphey
RIVERSONG RANCH
TAOS, NEW MEXICO 1990
Cowboy Songs ~
Western Music: by Michael Martin Murphey
Click on underlined song titles to hear samples on Windows Media Player.
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The following sample songs
have been encoded for loading speed. The actual CD will be of superior
sound quality.
Songs include:
Cowboy Logic I Ride An Old Paint/Whoopie-Ti-Yi-Yo Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Tying Knots In The Devil's Tail The Old Chisholm Trail Home On The Range
What Am I Doing Here
Wild Ripplin' Waters
The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Spanish Is The Lovin' Tongue
Cowboy Pride
Red River Valley
Let The Cowboy Dance
Jack Of Diamonds
Texas Rangers
When The Work's All Done This Fall
The Streets Of Laredo
O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
Where Do Cowboys Go When They Die
Goodbye Old Paint
Happy Trails
