Mammas Do n't let Your babies grow up to Be cowboys - wikipedia Mammas Do n't let Your babies grow up to Be cowboys `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' Single by Ed Bruce from the album Ed Bruce B - side `` It 's Not What She 's Done ( It 's What You Did n't Do ) '' Released November 15, 1975 Format 7 '' single Genre Country, Outlaw Country Length 3 : 08 Label United Artists # 732 Songwriter ( s ) Ed Bruce Patsy Bruce Producer ( s ) Lary Butler Ed Bruce singles chronology `` July, You 're a Woman '' ( 1973 ) `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' ( 1975 ) `` The Littlest Cowboy Rides Again '' ( 1976 ) `` July, You 're a Woman '' ( 1973 ) `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' ( 1975 ) `` The Littlest Cowboy Rides Again '' ( 1976 ) `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' is a country music song first recorded by Ed Bruce, written by him and wife Patsy Bruce. His version of the song appears on his 1976 self - titled album for United Artists Records. In late 1975 -- early 1976, Bruce 's rendition of the song went to number 15 on the Hot Country Singles charts. This song was featured on Chris LeDoux 's album released January 20, 1976, Songbook of the American West, and in the Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas video game soundtrack, on the fictitious radio station K - Rose. Most recently, it is the title song for Netflix 's The Ranch, a show about the ups and downs of a family of ranchers in Colorado. Members of the Western Writers of America chose the song as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Contents 1 Content 2 Chart performance 3 Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson version 3.1 Chart performance 4 Gibson / Miller Band version 5 Other versions 6 Popular culture 7 Chart performance 8 References 9 External links Content The narrator warns mothers not to let their children become cowboys because of the tough and busy life of cowboy culture. Chart performance Chart ( 1975 -- 1976 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 15 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 36 Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson version `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' Single by Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson from the album Waylon & Willie B - side `` I Can Get Off on You '' Released January 1978 Format 7 '' single Genre Country Length 2 : 31 Label RCA Songwriter ( s ) Ed Bruce Patsy Bruce Producer ( s ) Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings singles chronology `` The Wurlitzer Prize ( I Do n't Want to Get Over You ) '' ( 1977 ) `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' ( 1978 ) `` There Ai n't No Good Chain Gang '' ( 1978 ) `` The Wurlitzer Prize ( I Do n't Want to Get Over You ) '' ( 1977 ) `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' ( 1978 ) `` There Ai n't No Good Chain Gang '' ( 1978 ) Willie Nelson singles chronology `` Something to Brag About '' ( 1977 ) Something to Brag About1977 `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' ( 1978 ) Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys1978 `` If You Can Touch Her at All '' ( 1978 ) If You Can Touch Her at All1978 Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson covered the song on their 1978 duet album Waylon & Willie. This rendition peaked at No. 1 in March 1978, spending four weeks atop the country music charts. It also reached 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, and won the 1979 Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Also in 1979, Nelson 's version was featured in the film The Electric Horseman with Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. It is also featured in a 2015 TV commercial for the Volkswagen Passat. Chart performance Chart ( 1978 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 42 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 33 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles 57 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 42 Gibson / Miller Band version `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' Single by Gibson / Miller Band from the album Red, White & Blue Collar B - side `` Johnny Get Your Gun '' Released Format CD single Genre Country Length 3 : 27 Label Epic Songwriter ( s ) Ed Bruce Patsy Bruce Producer ( s ) Doug Johnson Blue Miller Gibson / Miller Band singles chronology `` Stone Cold Country '' ( 1994 ) `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' ( 1994 ) `` Red, White and Blue Collar '' ( 1994 ) `` Stone Cold Country '' ( 1994 ) `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' ( 1994 ) `` Red, White and Blue Collar '' ( 1994 ) In 1994, country music group Gibson / Miller Band recorded a cover version on its album Red, White and Blue Collar. This version peaked at # 49 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and was featured in the soundtrack for the movie The Cowboy Way. It also appeared on the band 's second and final studio album, Red, White and Blue Collar. Other versions Deana Carter & Sara Evans on the 2003 album I 've Always Been Crazy ( A Tribute To Waylon Jennings ) RCA 07863 - 67064 - 2 USA. A version of the song by Lukas Nelson and Shooter Jennings was used as the theme tune for Netflix comedy The Ranch. A version of the song was recorded by Lucinda Williams on the `` Imus Ranch Record ''. a benefit compilation of country and roots music released Sept 16, 2008. Adam Brand and the Outlaws covered the song on the 2016 album Adam Brand and the Outlaws. Popular culture The song is referenced and subverted in the `` Weird Al '' Yankovic song Dare to Be Stupid, the title track on his album Dare to Be Stupid. The song, a pastiche parody of the band Devo, dares the listener to engage in several `` stupid '' acts, among them counting chickens before they hatch, selling wine before its time, and letting `` babies grow up to be cowboys. '' Chart performance Chart ( 1994 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 71 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 49 the song is also used in The Ranch as its theme song References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 67. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ Billboard. Books.google.com. 1976 - 10 - 09. p. 43. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ Western Writers of America ( 2010 ). `` The Top 100 Western Songs ''. American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Jump up ^ Randall, Alice ; Carter Little ; Courtney Little ( 2006 ). My Country Roots : The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America 's Original Outsider Music. Thomas Nelson, Inc. p. 92. ISBN 1 - 59555 - 860 - 8. Jump up ^ `` Ed Bruce Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, p. 209 Jump up ^ `` Waylon Jennings Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Waylon Jennings Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Waylon Jennings Chart History ( Adult Contemporary ) ''. Billboard. ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, p. 159 Jump up ^ `` Netflix Series `` The Ranch '' Showcases Worthy Country & Roots Artists ``. savingcountrymusic.com. April 7, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 2548. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 1, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Gibson / Miller Band Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Ed Bruce Albums If I Could Just Go Home ( 1968 ) Shades of Ed Bruce ( 1969 ) Ed Bruce ( 1976 ) The Tennessean ( 1977 ) Cowboys & Dreamers ( 1978 ) Ed Bruce ( 1980 ) One to One ( 1981 ) I Write It Down ( 1982 ) You 're Not Leaving Here Tonight ( 1983 ) Home Coming ( 1984 ) Tell'em I 've Gone Crazy ( 1984 ) Night Things ( 1986 ) Puzzles ( 1965 ) This Old Hat ( 2002 ) Singles `` Last Train to Clarksville '' `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' `` Texas ( When I Die ) '' `` The Man That Turned My Mama On '' `` Girls, Women and Ladies '' `` ( When You Fall in Love ) Everything 's a Waltz '' `` You 're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had '' `` Love 's Found You and Me '' `` Ever, Never Lovin ' You '' `` My First Taste of Texas '' `` After All '' `` You Turn Me On ( Like a Radio ) '' `` Nights '' Related topics Discography Trey Bruce Lynn Anderson Bret Maverick Fire Down Below Waylon Jennings Albums Singles Studio albums Waylon at JD 's Folk - Country Leavin ' Town Nashville Rebel Waylon Sings Ol ' Harlan Love of the Common People The One and Only Hangin ' On Only the Greatest Jewels Just to Satisfy You Waylon Singer of Sad Songs The Taker / Tulsa Cedartown, Georgia Good Hearted Woman Ladies Love Outlaws Lonesome, On'ry and Mean Honky Tonk Heroes This Time The Ramblin ' Man Dreaming My Dreams Are You Ready for the Country Ol ' Waylon I 've Always Been Crazy What Goes Around Comes Around Music Man Black on Black It 's Only Rock + Roll Waylon and Company Never Could Toe the Mark Turn the Page Sweet Mother Texas Will the Wolf Survive Hangin ' Tough A Man Called Hoss Full Circle The Eagle Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A. Ol ' Waylon Sings Ol ' Hank Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt Waymore 's Blues ( Part II ) Right for the Time Closing In on the Fire Waylon Forever Goin ' Down Rockin ' : The Last Recordings Live albums Waylon Live Never Say Die : Live Live from Austin, TX Never Say Die : The Final Concert Notable singles 1960s `` That 's the Chance I 'll Have to Take '' `` Stop the World ( And Let Me Off ) '' `` Anita, You 're Dreaming '' `` Time to Bum Again '' `` ( That 's What You Get ) For Lovin ' Me '' `` Green River '' `` Mental Revenge '' `` The Chokin ' Kind '' `` Walk On Out of My Mind '' `` I Got You '' with Anita Carter `` Only Daddy That 'll Walk the Line '' `` Yours Love '' `` Something 's Wrong in California '' `` The Days of Sand and Shovels '' `` Brown Eyed Handsome Man '' 1970s `` Singer of Sad Songs '' `` The Taker '' `` ( Do n't Let the Sun Set on You ) Tulsa '' `` Mississippi Woman '' `` Under Your Spell Again '' with Jessi Colter `` Cedartown, Georgia '' `` Good Hearted Woman '' `` Sweet Dream Woman '' `` Pretend I Never Happened '' `` You Can Have Her '' `` We Had It All '' `` You Ask Me To '' `` This Time '' `` I 'm a Ramblin ' Man '' `` Rainy Day Woman '' `` Dreaming My Dreams with You '' `` Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way '' `` Bob Wills Is Still the King '' `` Ca n't You See '' `` Are You Ready for the Country '' `` Luckenbach, Texas ( Back to the Basics of Love ) '' `` I 've Always Been Crazy '' `` Do n't You Think This Outlaw Bit 's Done Got Out of Hand '' `` Amanda '' `` Come With Me '' `` I Ai n't Living Long Like This '' 1980s -- 1990s `` Clyde '' `` Good Ol ' Boys '' `` Storms Never Last '' with Jessi Colter `` Shine '' `` Just to Satisfy You '' with Willie Nelson `` Women Do Know How to Carry On '' `` Lucille ( You Wo n't Do Your Daddy 's Will ) '' `` Breakin ' Down '' `` Hold On, I 'm Comin ' '' with Jerry Reed `` The Conversation '' with Hank Williams Jr. `` I May Be Used ( But Baby I Ai n't Used Up ) '' `` Never Could Toe the Mark '' `` America '' `` Waltz Me to Heaven '' `` Drinkin ' and Dreamin ' '' `` The Devil 's on the Loose '' `` Working Without a Net '' `` Will the Wolf Survive '' `` What You 'll Do When I 'm Gone '' `` Rose in Paradise '' `` Fallin ' Out '' `` My Rough and Rowdy Days '' `` If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now '' `` How Much Is It Worth to Live in L.A. '' `` Which Way Do I Go ( Now That I 'm Gone ) '' `` Trouble Man '' `` You Put the Soul in the Song '' `` Wrong '' `` Where Corn Do n't Grow '' `` What Bothers Me Most '' `` The Eagle '' `` Just Talkin ' '' `` Too Dumb for New York City '' `` Wild Ones '' `` I Know About Me Do n't Know About You '' `` Outlaw Shit '' Collaborations Waylon & Willie Albums : Waylon & Willie WWII Take It to the Limit Clean Shirt Super Hits Singles : `` The Wurlitzer Prize ( I Do n't Want to Get Over You ) '' `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' `` ( Sittin ' On ) The Dock of the Bay '' `` Take It to the Limit '' `` If I Can Find a Clean Shirt '' Other collaborations Country - Folk with The Kimberlys Leather and Lace with Jessi Colter Heroes with Johnny Cash Old 97 's & Waylon Jennings with Old 97 's Collaboration singles `` MacArthur Park '' with The Kimberlys `` Suspicious Minds '' with Jessi Colter `` Good Hearted Woman '' with Willie Nelson ( Re-recording ) `` Suspicious Minds '' with Jessi Colter ( Re-release from Wanted ! The Outlaws ) `` There Ai n't No Good Chain Gang '' with Johnny Cash `` Wish I Was Crazy Again '' with Johnny Cash `` The Wild Side of Life / It Was n't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels '' with Jessi Colter `` Leave Them Boys Alone '' with Hank Williams Jr. and Ernest Tubb `` Even Cowgirls Get the Blues '' with Johnny Cash `` Ballad of Forty Dollars '' with Johnny Cash `` Somewhere Between Ragged and Right '' with John Anderson `` High Ridin ' Heroes '' with David Lynn Jones `` One Good Love '' with Neil Diamond Compilations The Best of Waylon Jennings Do n't Think Twice Ruby, Do n't Take Your Love to Town Only Daddy That 'll Walk the Line Heartaches by the Number Greatest Hits Waylon 's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 The Best of Waylon New Classic Waylon Only Daddy That 'll Walk the Line : The RCA Years The Journey : Six Strings Away The Journey : Destiny 's Child The Restless Kid : Live at JD 's 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection : The Best of Waylon Jennings RCA Country Legends Ultimate Waylon Jennings 16 Biggest Hits Nashville Rebel The Essential Waylon Jennings Related The Waylors Outlaw country Wanted ! The Outlaws `` We Are the World '' The Highwaymen Old Dogs Jessi Colter Waylon Albright `` Shooter '' Jennings Willie Nelson singles discography 1950s and 1960s 1957 `` No Place for Me '' / `` Lumberjack '' 1959 `` Man With the Blues '' / `` The Storm Has Just Begun '' 1960 `` What a Way to Live '' / `` Misery Mansion '' `` Nite Life '' / `` Rainy Day Blues '' 1961 `` The Part Where I Cry '' / `` Mr. Record Man '' 1962 `` Willingly '' / `` Chain of Love '' `` Touch Me '' / `` Where My House Lives '' `` Wake Me When It 's Over '' / `` There 's Gonna Be Love In My House '' `` You Dream About Me '' / `` Is This My Destiny '' 1963 `` Half a Man '' / `` The Last Letter '' `` Take My Word '' / `` Feed it a Memory '' 1964 `` How Long is Forever '' / `` You Took My Happy Away '' `` Am I Blue '' / `` There 'll Be No Teardrops Tonight '' `` River Boy '' / `` Opportunity to Cry '' `` I Never Cared For You '' / `` You Left Me ( A Long Time Ago ) '' `` Pretty Paper '' / `` What A Merry Christmas This Could Be '' 1965 `` She 's Not For You '' / `` Permanently Lonely '' `` Healing Hands of Time '' / `` One Day at the Time '' `` I Just Ca n't Let You Say Goodbye '' / `` And So Will You, My Love '' 1966 `` One In A Row '' / `` San Antonio Rose '' `` Colombus Stockade Blues '' / `` He Sits at my Table '' `` I 'm Still Not Over You '' / `` I Love You Because '' 1967 `` The Party 's Over '' / `` Make Way for a Better Man '' `` Blackjack County Chain '' / `` Some Other World '' `` San Antonio '' / `` To Make a Long Story Short '' 1968 `` Little Things '' / `` Sweet Memories '' `` Good Times '' / `` Where Do You Stand '' `` Johnny One Time '' / `` She 's Still Gone '' 1969 `` Bring Me Sunshine '' / `` Do n't Say Love or Nothing '' `` I Hope So '' / `` Right or Wrong '' 1970s 1970 `` Once More With Feeling '' / `` Who Do I Know in Dallas '' `` Laying My Burdens Down '' / `` Truth Number One '' 1971 `` I 'm a Memory '' / `` Fire and Rain '' `` Yesterday 's Wine '' / `` Me and Paul '' 1972 `` Words Do n't Fit the Picture '' / `` A Moment '' 1973 `` Shotgun Willie '' ( mono ) / `` Sad Songs and Waltzes '' `` Stay All Night ( Stay a Little Longer ) '' / `` Devil in a Sleepin ' Bag '' `` I Still Ca n't Believe You 're Gone '' / `` Heaven and Hell '' `` Bloody Mary Morning '' / `` After the Fire is Gone '' ( with Tracy Nelson ) `` Sister 's Comin ' Home '' ( mono ) / `` Pick Up The Tempo '' `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' / `` Bandera '' 1976 `` Remember Me ( When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming ) '' / `` Time of the Preacher '' `` I 'd Have to Be Crazy '' ( mono ) / `` Amazing Grace '' `` If You 've Got the Money I 've Got the Time '' / `` The Sound in Your Mind '' 1977 `` Uncloudy Day '' / `` Precious Memories '' `` I Love You A Thousand Ways '' / `` Mom and Dad 's Waltz '' 1978 `` Georgia on My Mind '' / `` On The Sunny Side Of The Street '' `` Blue Skies '' / `` Moonlight in Vermont '' `` All of Me '' / `` Unchained Melody '' 1979 `` Whiskey River '' / `` Under the Double Eagle '' `` September Song '' / `` Do n't Get Around Much Anymore '' `` White Christmas '' / `` Blue Christmas '' 1980s 1980 `` Help Me Make It Through the Night '' / `` The Pilgrim, Chapter 33 '' `` My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys '' / `` Rising Stars '' `` Midnight Rider '' / `` So You Think You 're A Cowboy '' `` On the Road Again '' / `` Jumpin ' Cotton Eyed Joe '' ( performed by Johnny Gimble ) 1981 `` Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground '' / `` I Guess I 've Come to Live Here in Your Eyes '' `` Mona Lisa '' / `` Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star '' `` I 'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter '' / `` Over the Rainbow '' `` Heartaches of a Fool '' / `` Uncloudy Day '' 1982 `` Always on My Mind '' / `` The Party 's Over '' `` Let It Be Me '' / `` Permanently Lonely '' `` Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning '' / `` Old Fords and a Natural Stone '' `` Little Old Fashioned Karma '' / `` Beer Barrel Polka '' `` Why Do I Have to Choose '' / `` Would You Lay with Me ( In a Field of Stone ) '' `` Take It to the Limit '' / `` Till I Gain Control Again '' `` Without a Song '' 1984 `` City of New Orleans ( Unedited version ) '' / `` Why Are You Pickin ' On Me '' 1985 `` Forgiving You Was Easy '' / `` You Would n't Cross the Street '' `` Me and Paul '' / `` I Let My Mind Wander '' 1986 `` Living in the Promiseland '' / `` Bach Minuet in G '' `` I 'm Not Trying to Forget You '' / `` I 've Got the Craziest Feeling '' `` Partners After All '' / `` Home Away From Home '' `` Heart of Gold '' / `` So Much Like My Dad '' `` Island in the Sea '' / `` There Is No Easy Way '' `` Nobody There But Me '' / `` Wake Me When It 's Over '' `` Spanish Eyes '' ( with Julio Iglesias ) / `` Ole Buttermilk Sky '' `` Twilight Time '' / `` Ac - Cent - Tchu - Ate the Positive '' `` Nothing I Can Do About It Now '' / `` If I Were a Painting '' `` There You Are '' / `` Spirit '' `` Is The Better Part Over '' / `` Mr. Record Man '' 1990s `` The Highway '' / `` Spirit '' `` Ai n't Necessarily So '' / `` I Never Cared For You '' ( `` Ai n't Necessarily So '' also on CD Single ) 1991 `` The Piper Came Today '' / `` ( I Do n't Have a Reason ) To Go To California Anymore '' ( `` The Piper Came Today '' also on CD Single ) `` Ten With a Two '' / `` You Decide '' `` Graceland '' `` Still is Still Moving to Me '' / `` Valentine '' 1995 `` Turn Me Loose and Let Me Swing '' 1998 `` I Never Cared for You '' 2000s and 2010s 2002 `` Mendocino County Line '' ( with Lee Ann Womack ) / `` Maria ( Shut Up and Kiss Me ) '' ( Both single tracks released on CD and 7 '' record ) 2003 `` Wurlitzer Prize '' ( with Norah Jones ) `` Beer for My Horses '' ( with Toby Keith ) 2005 `` I 'm a Worried Man '' ( with Toots Hibbert ) `` The Harder They Come '' 2006 `` You Do n't Know Me '' `` Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other '' 2008 `` Gravedigger '' `` You Do n't Think I 'm Funny Anymore '' 2011 `` The Scientist '' 2012 `` Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die '' `` Just Breathe '' `` Come On Back Jesus '' 2013 `` From Here to the Moon and Back '' ( with Dolly Parton ) `` Grandma 's Hands '' ( with Mavis Staples ) `` It Wo n't Be Long '' ( with The Secret Sisters ) `` Somewhere Between '' ( with Loretta Lynn ) 2014 `` The Wall '' `` Bring It On '' `` Laws of Nature '' `` Who 'll Buy My Memories '' `` Summer of Roses '' / `` December Day '' 2015 `` It 's All Going to Pot '' `` Alice in Hulaland '' 2016 `` Lay Me Down '' 2017 `` Still Not Dead '' 2018 `` Last Man Standing '' Book : Willie Nelson Category : Willie Nelson Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mammas_Don%27t_Let_Your_Babies_Grow_Up_to_Be_Cowboys&oldid=852949155 '' Categories : 1975 songs Waylon Jennings songs Willie Nelson songs Vocal duets 1975 singles 1978 singles 1994 singles Billboard Hot Country Songs number - 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Question: who wrote the song mamas don t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Answer: Ed Bruce