# Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II

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Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II is the seventeenth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey, his second album of cowboy songs, and his first album of Christmas music.

## Track listing

* "I Heard The Bells On Christmas" / "Old Time Christmas" (Caskin, Kiskaddon, Longfellow) – 2:24
* "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" / "The Christmas Letter" (Mitchell) – 2:39
* "The Creak of the Leather" (Kiskaddon) – 0:26
* "Christmas on the Line (The Line Rider's Christmas)" (Murphey, Raines) – 3:08
* "Sleigh Ride" / "Jingle Bells" (Anderson, Parish, Pierpont) – 2:39
* "The Christmas Trail" (Clark, Edwards) – 3:13
* "Merry Texas Christmas You All" (Harris, Miller) – 2:11
* "Ridin' Home On Christmas Eve" (Green) – 2:46
* "Corn, Water and Wood" (Elliott, Waldman) – 3:10
* "The Cowboy Christmas Ball" (Chittenden) – 3:35
* Polka Medley: "Good King Wenceslas" / "Under The Double Eagle" / "Redwing" / "Golden Slippers" – 1:48
* "Christmas Cowboy Style" (Murphey, Quist) – 3:11
* "Santa Claus Shottische" – 1:23
* "Two-Step `Round The Christmas Tree" (Bogguss, Crider) – 2:33
* Two Step Medley: "Cotton-Eyed Joe" / "Deck the Halls" / "Buffalo Gals" / "Soldier's Joy" / "The Girl I Left Behind" / "Deck the Halls" – 1:58
* "Log Cabin Home in the Sky" (Heron) – 2:39
* Waltz Medley: "O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)" / "Put Your Little Foot (The Varsouvianna)" / "The Westfalia Waltz" / "Over the Waves (The Skaters' Waltz)" / "O Christmas Tree" – 2:30
* "Pearls in the Snow" (Murphey, Quist, Dunn) – 3:08
* "Good Night Ladies" / "Auld Lang Syne" – 1:17

## Credits

Music
* Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, arranger, producer, liner notes
* Debra Black – arranger, conductor
* Waddie Mitchell – speaking parts
* Suzy Bogguss – vocals (Two-Step 'Round The Christmas Tree)
* Riders in the Sky – vocals
* Don Edwards – arranger
* Steve Gibson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, gut string guitar, mandolin, background vocals, producer, arranger
* Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
* Bruce Bouton – pedal steel
* Sonny Garrish – pedal steel
* David Schnaufer – hammer dulcimer
* Alisa Jones – hammer dulcimer
* Sam Bush – fiddle, mandolin, mandola
* Carl Jackson – banjo
* Vince Farsetta – claw hammer banjo
* Dennis Burnside – piano
* Phil Naish – synthesizer
* Joey Miskulin – accordion, arranger
* David Hungate – electric bass
* Craig Hungate – acoustic bass
* Craig Nelson – acoustic bass
* Lonnie Wilson – percussion, drums
* The Kid Connection – background vocals
* Emily Estes – background vocals
* Lori Casteel – background vocals
* Dionne McGuire – background vocals
* Gary Janney – background vocals
* Carrie Gardner – background vocals
* Bethany Wright – background vocals
* Tommy Gardner – background vocals
* Curtis Young – background vocals
* Rachel Howell – background vocals
* Dennis Wilson – background vocals
Production
* Carol Elliott – production coordination
* Eric Prestidge – engineer
* Keith Compton – engineer
* Patrick Kelly – assistant engineer
* Marshall Morgan – mixing
* Denny Purcell – mastering
* Steven Whatley – cover design, design
* William Matthews – watercolor artwork