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