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<p>"<strong>Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys</strong>" is a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">country music</a>&nbsp;song first recorded by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Bruce" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ed Bruce</a>, written by him and his wife&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Bruce" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patsy Bruce</a>. His version of the song appears on his&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Bruce_(1976_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1976 self-titled album</a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Artists_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">United Artists Records</a>. In late 1975 and early 1976, Bruce's rendition of the song went to number 15 on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Singles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Country Singles</a>&nbsp;charts. This song was featured on&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_LeDoux" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris LeDoux</a>'s album released January 20, 1976,&nbsp;<em>Songbook of the American West</em>.</p><p>Members of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Writers_of_America" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Western Writers of America</a>&nbsp;chose the song as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammas_Don%27t_Let_Your_Babies_Grow_Up_to_Be_Cowboys#cite_note-Top100-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></p>