Cowboy Songs is the sixteenth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey and his first album of cowboy songs. The album peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Track listings "Cowboy Logic" (Don Cook, Chick Rains) – 3:35 "I Ride an Old Paint" / "Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo, Git Along Little Doggies" (Traditional) – 3:01 "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (Nolan) – 2:20 "Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail" – 3:06 "The Old Chisholm Trail" – 4:46 "Home on the Range" – 3:31 "What Am I Doing Here" (Michael Martin Murphey, Cook, Raines) – 3:02 "Wild Ripplin' Waters" – 1:47 "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (Traditional) – 3:00 "Spanish is the Loving Tongue" (Clark, Simon) – 5:40 "Cowboy Pride" (Tyson) – 2:51 "Red River Valley" – 3:30 "Let the Cowboy Dance" (Murphey, Cook, Raines) – 3:01 "Jack of Diamonds" – 1:13 "Texas Rangers" – 3:21 "When the Work's All Done This Fall" (Traditional) – 3:18 "The Streets of Laredo" (Murphey, PD) – 4:06 "O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" – 3:02 "Where Do Cowboys Go When They Die" / "Reincarnation" – 3:42 "Goodbye Old Paint" – 2:13 "Happy Trails" (Evans) – 2:16 Credits Music Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, guitar, producer, arranger Tammy Wynette – background vocals Steve Gibson – electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals, producer Biff Watson – guitar Mark Casstevens – guitar, harmonica Paul Franklin – steel guitar Sonny Garrish – steel guitar John McEuen – banjo, mandolin, fiddle Dennis Burnside – keyboards David Hoffner – keyboards, hammer dulcimer Mark O'Connor – fiddle Terry McMillan – harmonica Michael Rhodes – bass Craig Nelson – electric bass Eddie Bayers – drums Jerry Kroon – drums Don Edwards – background vocals Jack Hannah – background vocals Curtis Stone – background vocals Cactus Moser – background vocals Jack Daniels – background vocals Suzy Bogguss – background vocals Paulette Carlson – background vocals Red Steagall – background vocals Lon Hannah – background vocals Dennis Wilson – background vocals Curtis Young – background vocals Production Steve Gibson – producer Rich Schirmer – recording, mixing, Carry Summers – assistant Steve Bishir – assistant Denny Purcell – mastering William Matthews – art direction, watercolor painting Steve Whatley – design Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References External links Michael Martin Murphey's Official Website 1990 albums Michael Martin Murphey albums Warner Records albums