Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!
"Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!" is a song by British singer and songwriter Kirsty MacColl, which was released in 1990 as the fourth and final single from her second studio album "Kite". It was written by MacColl and produced by Steve Lillywhite. The song reached No. 82 in the UK and remained in the charts for four weeks. A music video was filmed to promote the single, directed by Sarah Tuft. Critical reception. On its release, Gary Crossing of "Record Mirror" described "Don't Come the Cowboy  with Me Sonny Jim!" as "a delightful folksy lullaby with gorgeous harmonies, lilting country guitars and worldly wise lyrics". In a review of "Kite", Robin Denselow of "The Guardian" described the song as "country-style", "emotional" and "personal", with "straight talking matched against [MacColl's] own lap steel guitar work". Lynden Barber of "The Sydney Morning Herald" commented, "Though titles like 'Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!' could spell twee-ness, there's a sharpness to the lyrics and spontaneity to the playing that obviates problems." Fred Goodman of "Rolling Stone" noted, "Tracks like 'Don't Come  the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!' show that MacColl has something to say with those fine pipes." L. Kent Wolgamott of the "Lincoln Journal Star" felt MacColl sounded reminiscent of Skeeter Davis on the "countryish" song. Fred Shuster of the "Los Angeles Daily News" wrote, "Songs like 'Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim!' and 'Fifteen Minutes' are well-sung and tuneful". Tom Harrison of "The Province" described the song as "spritely" and a "worthy sequel" to MacColl's "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis". Personnel. Production Other Don't Come