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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 Jump to : navigation , search <Th_colspan="2"> `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Ed Bruce <Th_colspan="2"> 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 Length 3 : 08 Label United Artists # 732 Songwriter ( s ) Ed Bruce Patsy Bruce Producer ( s ) Lary Butler <Th_colspan="2"> Ed Bruce singles chronology <Td_colspan="2"> `` 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 ) <Td_colspan="2"> `` 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 . Members of the Western Writers of America chose the song as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time . Contents ( hide ) 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 ( edit ) The narrator warns mothers not to let their children become cowboys because of the tough and busy life of cowboy culture . Chart performance ( edit ) Chart ( 1975 -- 1976 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 15 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 36 Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson version ( edit ) <Th_colspan="2"> `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson <Th_colspan="2"> 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 <Th_colspan="2"> Waylon Jennings singles chronology <Td_colspan="2"> `` 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 ) <Td_colspan="2"> `` 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 ) <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Willie Nelson singles chronology <Td_colspan="2"> `` 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 <Td_colspan="2"> 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 . This version was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks as `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Chipmunks '' for their 1981 album Urban Chipmunk . It is also featured in a 2015 TV commercial for the Volkswagen Passat . Chart performance ( edit ) 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 ( edit ) <Th_colspan="2"> `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Gibson / Miller Band <Th_colspan="2"> 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 <Th_colspan="2"> Gibson / Miller Band singles chronology <Td_colspan="2"> `` Stone Cold Country '' ( 1994 ) `` Mammas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' ( 1994 ) `` Red , White and Blue Collar '' ( 1994 ) <Td_colspan="2"> `` 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 ( edit ) 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 . Popular culture ( edit ) 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 ( edit ) Chart ( 1994 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 71 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 49 Preceded by `` Do n't Break the Heart That Loves You '' by Margo Smith Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single ( Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson version ) March 4 -- 25 , 1978 Succeeded by `` Ready for the Times to Get Better '' by Crystal Gayle Preceded by `` To Daddy '' by Emmylou Harris RPM Country Tracks number - one single ( Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson version ) March 18 -- April 1 , 1978 Succeeded by `` I Might as Well Believe ( I 'll Live Forever ) '' by Carroll Baker Preceded by `` Luckenbach , Texas ( Back to the Basics of Love ) '' by Waylon Jennings Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single of the year ( Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson version ) 1978 Succeeded by `` I Just Fall in Love Again '' by Anne Murray References ( edit ) 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 '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Ed Bruce . ^ Jump up to : Whitburn , p. 209 Jump up ^ `` Waylon Jennings -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Waylon Jennings . Jump up ^ `` Waylon Jennings -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Waylon Jennings . Jump up ^ `` Waylon Jennings -- Chart history '' Billboard Adult Contemporary for Waylon Jennings . ^ 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 '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Gibson / Miller Band . External links ( edit ) Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics <Th_colspan="2"> 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 United Artists Records MCA Records RCA Records Trey Bruce Lynn Anderson Bret Maverick Fire Down Below <Th_colspan="2"> Waylon Jennings <Td_colspan="2"> 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 <Td_colspan="2"> 1960s <Td_colspan="2"> `` 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 '' <Td_colspan="2"> 1970s <Td_colspan="2"> `` 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 Asked 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 '' `` 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 '' <Td_colspan="2"> 1980s -- 1990s <Td_colspan="2"> `` 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 <Td_colspan="2"> Waylon & Willie <Td_colspan="2"> 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 '' <Td_colspan="2"> Other collaborations <Td_colspan="2"> Country - Folk with The Kimberlys Leather and Lace with Jessi Colter Heroes with Johnny Cash Old 97 's & Waylon Jennings with Old 97 's <Td_colspan="2"> Collaboration singles <Td_colspan="2"> `` 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 <Th_colspan="2"> 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 '' 2015 `` It 's All Going to Pot '' <Td_colspan="2"> 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=800934439 '' 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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