I Want to Be a Cowboy 's Sweetheart - wikipedia I Want to Be a Cowboy 's Sweetheart This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2012 ) `` I Want to Be a Cowboy 's Sweetheart '' Song by Patsy Montana Written 1934 Recorded 1935 Genre Country and western Songwriter ( s ) Patsy Montana `` I Want to Be a Cowboy 's Sweetheart '' is a country and Western song written and first recorded in 1935 by Ruby Blevins, who performed as Patsy Montana. It was the first country song by a female artist to sell more than one million copies. Montana wrote the song in 1934 when she was feeling lonely and missing her boyfriend ; it was recorded a year later when producer Art Satherly, of ARC Records, needed one more song at a Prairie Ramblers recording session. Montana was the group 's soloist at the time. Her song is based on Stuart Hamblen 's western song Texas Plains : he is therefore credited as a cowriter. Patsy Montana embellished the simpler musical pattern of the original, especially with her yodeling. Patsy also used a lot of the original words : the song is somewhat of a feminine answer to its precursor. External audio `` I Want to Be a Cowboy 's Sweetheart '', performed by Patsy Montana, Encyclopedia of Arkansas Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. In 2012 her record was added to the Library of Congress 's National Recording Registry list of `` culturally, historically, or aesthetically important '' American sound recordings. Cover versions `` I Want to Be a Cowboy 's Sweetheart '' has been recorded by, among others, Rosalie Allen, in a 1940s yodeling version, Patti Page ( as a single ) Suzy Bogguss ( on her 1989 album Somewhere Between ), the Dixie Chicks ( on their 1990 debut album Thank Heavens for Dale Evans ), Lynn Anderson ( on her 1992 album Cowboy 's Sweetheart ), LeAnn Rimes ( on her 1994 album All That ), Nickel Creek on their 2003 album Little Cowpoke, Phish ( performed in 1996 and released in 2007 on Vegas 96 ) and Cyndi Lauper featuring yodeling from Jewel ( on her 2016 album `` Detour '' ). Rock - pop Mexican duo Ha - Ash made a Spanish yodeling version of the song called `` Vaquera '' ( Cowgirl ) included in their 2005 album Mundos opuestos. Bogguss ' version peaked at # 77 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 1988. References Jump up ^ `` Patsy Montana 's Vest and Skirt ''. HistoryWired : A few of our favorite things. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 03. ^ Jump up to : `` The National Recording Registry 2011 ''. National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress. Library of Congress. May 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 03. Her song 's lively, quick polka tempo and yodeling refrain, and Montana 's exuberant delivery, resulted in it being requested at every performance ; it became one of the first hits by a female country and western singer. Jump up ^ Western Writers of America ( 2010 ). `` The Top 100 Western Songs ''. American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Jump up ^ http://www.allmusic.com/song/i-want-to-be-a-cowboys-sweetheart-mt0035733977 Jump up ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-singles-1946-1952-mw0002086079 Jump up ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/unchained-melody-the-early-years-mw0000087933 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Want_to_Be_a_Cowboy%27s_Sweetheart&oldid=862077144 '' Categories : Western music ( North America ) Patsy Montana songs 1934 songs United States National Recording Registry recordings Dixie Chicks songs LeAnn Rimes songs Patti Page songs Suzy Bogguss songs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from August 2012 All articles needing additional references Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 2 October 2018, at 01 : 01 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sang i wanna be a cowboys sweetheart
Answer: Patsy Montana