GP's Song of the Day: Waylon and Willie

It takes a fairly hard heart to not love a song called Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys.

Written by Ed and Patsy Bruce, it was made famous by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, whose version was first released on their 1978 album Waylon & Willie. The brilliantly humourless description of the song on wikipedia says that "the song's lyrics advise mothers to raise their children as doctors or lawyers rather than cowboys, who seem to be 'always alone'."

I first heard it sung by a pre-troubles Andy Kershaw, sat on an oversized rocking chair somewhere in Texas, for a Channel 4 TV Show. Listening to it now makes me think: "Get well, Kersh."