The Last Cowboy Song

I can't remember not wondering what it was like to be a cowboy. (Yes, I recycled some pics to do this one!)Singer: Ed Bruce

[@josephreynolds3892]

My Great Grand Father was a cowboy, I used to love and sit with him and listen to his story's. He said he always had a six Gun on his hip. He was very good with a rope to. He always starched white shirts and Bib Overalls, and straw cowboy hat. God I miss that old man. But I will see him pretty soon, because I am going on 83.

[@alan-ev6ck]

God Bless You

[@jeffhoward553]

I was raised by good old Carpenter, true craftsman, a man’s word and hand shake was good enough, to say what you mean, mean what you say, my first bank loan was done on a hand shake, boy those days are long gone, men was men

[@dirtroadsandwoodstoves]

Cowboys aren't gone. We're up every morning before the sun and working until she sets. We're still drinking, and fighting, and worshipping. We're still saving for our own little one horse operation and risking it all in the arena for that big payday. Our horse is our car, our boots, gloves, hat and buckle are tools of the trade. We will always be riding and roping, punchin and dragging. God Bless America, God Bless the Country. We are Old Fashioned on purpose. 🇺🇸

[@billl2859]

Thank you. The American patriotism is fading.

[@user-tu8lt1ke3h]

one of the best comments ever. God bless you cowboy

[@sarahdavid2646]

The last cowboy is not dead. 91-year-old Clyde McBride of Dunkin, Arizona, broke over 3000 horses in his lifetime. I am proud to say that he is a friend of mine.

[@debbiethompson2354]

This old cowgirl is nearing 70 quickly. I have spent my life loving and training horses, something my family has never understood, but it has worked out well and I am blessed with a wonderful husband who has supported my barrel racing, colt training, horse showing ways. Thank you, Ed Bruce, for all the great music. Met you once and will see you in heaven! Praise God!

[@markclifford1857]

Hello 👋 Debbie. How are you doing ? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

[@disturbing_the_peace5739]

Hello Ms. Debbie! We all hope you are doing great and in good health!!

[@TheOgOkie]

I’m 14 but come from two families that was native and cowboys mixed (and Cajun folk) and I still am a cowboy. I rope I ride I can shoot very good and love it

[@Trakehner20]

I am glad to read your comment! You truly are and have lived what I would've loved to have lived. I grew up on horseback, and barrel raced all my teens in Cali. But I don't ride anymore, don't have kids, but my husband is into the cowboy lifestyle, though he can' t live it. So your family wasn't into it like you were, that is so sad to hear!

[@arturonocete3588]

From the Red River Valley when I was five years old to this Last Cowboy Song at 77 going 78! I love you guys! Boy do I love country!

[@bootmender]

I grew up on a ranch in Southern New Mexico, road a horse every day till I went off to war in 68. My farther was a veterinarian in the cavalry before WW2. Then was captured on Corregidor Philippines in 1942 spent the rest of the war in a prison camp in Japan. Daddy died in the mountains of New Mexico in 1982. I still have his favorite saddle. Silver spurs and the last cowboy hat he wore. I am 69 and live in my memories mostly now. His 2 favorite songs were, El Paso by Marty Robbins and cattle call by Eddy Arnold. He could whistle Gary Owen.

[@irismortimer1]

thank you for sharing this ,,,your dad was a hero for sure !!

[@awayaymugye]

Thank you to you and your Father for your service to the greatest Country in the World. You are both Heroes.

[@irismortimer1]

you must be very proud of him !

[@janetholloway2588]

What wonderful memories you have. I have wonderful memories of my Dad too.

[@daimienhone5024]

Wow that's truly amazing. I might me a young man but I love those songs Marty Robbins is amazing story teller and gerryowen is quite a tune

[@EngPheniks]

I'm not American. But I see things clearly from the vantage point. the country needs yet another generation of good old cowboys.

[@joelbecker7690]

The cowboys are still here, just few and far between.

[@jerryw6699]

@@joelbecker7690 I have one, my son, and he's in the army, he says out of his company of about 260 people, there are about 6 good men.

[@jonathanchick9374]

Its like the song goes, " its hard to see him from the road."

[@charleshaynes8052]

Sir, you have the makings of one fine AMERICAN. THIS- is how AMERICA had gotten started at first! She's in need of a lot of LOVE for this beautiful person( AMERICA).

[@cjroby8807]

your taking to one now ! nebraska strong

[@shirleyleeshields5369]

Lost my gorgeous Cowboy Husband..Dave Shields Sr.. a man of deep integrity and rodeo man.. soft soul..and sooo kind.. im sooo sad and miss him so greatly.. but he ain't hurting anymore.. new body and new horse.. ❤💔 riding in the Big Rodeo in the Sky..!!!

[@markclifford1857]

Hello 👋 Shirleylee. How are you doing ? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

[@nojokingbob]

lklSorry for your loss!!!

[@shirleyleeshields5369]

​@nojokingbob thank you. Will be 3 years this early Winter... seems like yesterday some days..❤

[@livefreeordie45]

My dad was one of those last cowboys. If he was still alive he would have been 104 years old this month.

[@velmawarlick3685]

Johnny Sunday 😆☺

[@velmawarlick3685]

Johnny Sunday I loved you and me and you are looking at your house

[@janiceseabolt9383]

Johnny Sunday Nj

[@vernonhenery9744]

ever book report I had to write in school was from a zane grey book!! I am 80yrs old this april I still remember reading from a book by a oil lamp!! my first electric light bulb I was about 6 I guess! I had to walk 3 miles to school$ this hunt and peck type written aint easy!!

[@iriseng5149]

I'm not all that old but my Dad would be 123 if he were alive. My Daddy had been a rodeo rider and grew up being a natural cowboy. When he took his first airplane ride he felt a little odd with not having his feet on the ground. The pilot told him, "Ride 'em like you would a horse, cowboy!" Dad was fine then they tell me. I was only a child and really don't remember but love the story.

[@patriciastanphill4348]

My precious husband died 15 months ago, and this song reminds me of him so much. He was a remnant of a former era- He played in an Old West reenactment troup in Texas, loved his horses like children, and treated his children and me as if we were made of gold. He made his own chaps, was an expert hunter with rifle and bow, played almost every instrument he picked up, and built campfires that lasted for hours. He was my soulmate and my best friend, and this song brings him back for a few moments. We used to sing it together. Thanks for the memories.

[@linastars3828]

RIP , sorry for your loss

[@TheKikebaker]

I'm sorry for your lost, RIP. My grandfather was a Vietnam veteran and he used to like going hunting too, and campfire, etc. They are now hunting in heaven, i wish you the best.

[@danielsanford4109]

I'm sorry for your loss. There's nothing like a grandpa and nothin like yours. I lived during his time, and soon, will be writing a book about my days then. Stay clean and honorable, and you can see him again.

[@thomasdevoe5223]

Sorry Patricia, its sounds like he had a wonderful life you express your love and respect for him, you were both so lucky

[@carlosleandrovieiravieira5650]

Patricia Stanphill GOD Bless you Patricia and all his Family as well......enjoy that song. ....memories of those who we really Love never die.

[@FarmRanchLiving]

My Daddy is 90, I’m sixth generation rancher on the Texas plains. Our roots run deep, our family ranch is adjacent to the Chisholm Trail Ranch, Wise County Texas

[@nicolasdelaforge7420]

My wife and I were traveling for a concert from St George to Las Vegas, and suddenly in a wash beneath the road we spotted a bunch of cowboys driving cattle - it wa unreal- amazing. They were miles from any settlement, in that twisting road some 30 miles out of St George.

[@captain767er]

As a person from Utah originally, I know of where you speak. God bless them for what they are doing.

[@terrymalone1456]

Ed Bruce is one of the most underrated singers to ever stand in front of a microphone. He was a great singer and story teller.

[@cliffordbowman6777]

Great singer and westerner- sorry he’s gone

[@billystevenson5509]

True loved eds song but to me Ronnie misap was better than most of the old pals act like cash Jennings Williie even jaggard apart from that the possam was the best fact

[@babinunez7174]

he was a country king

[@Grisbi6]

I agree, Terry---several much more famous singers did The Last Cowboy Song, but Ed Bruce wrote it and he performed it wonderfully...

[@genecroft4898]

You are correct however, he wrote some of the biggest country hits.

[@georgewaller2370]

I pray these Americans cowboys are great American Patriot and they will be here another 100yrs God bless America

[@Sumon-Murmu]

Right

[@ricksautner6789]

My dad was indeed one of the last cowboys ...he lived it and loved it..he was 91 when he passed...now it's up to me..

[@petejohnston5375]

Rest in Peace Ed. 3rd anniversary of his passing is fast approaching. Thanks for great western music

[@r6140]

I'm an old cowboy hand, working northeast Montana when I was a young man. Nobody understands what an old cowboy is! I work for a dollar a Day, plus found. Long hard hours everyday maintain your string of horses. And I would do it all over again😊 Mended fences, at my own string of Horses, long cattle drives, From the home range to Duck lake, for AI, season.

[@bravo20vet12]

Balled my eyes out listening to this,thank you Dad

[@ronnettleton9698]

Am an Australian retired breaker farrier same story here we need more stockmen and drovers ( cowboys ) our proud history and traditions have been eroded and forgotten

[@YvonneWatson-ff5ex]

I’ve only been living in Texas for 6 years but feel like I was born here. Since I’ve been here I’ve discovered that much of my family was from Texas. They founded Arlington,originally called Watsonville after my 4th GGF. Others are Dallas pioneers buried in the Dallas Pioneer Cemetery. I recently discovered that family from both my maternal and paternal line live within 20 miles of where I live now. It’s a small world.

[@Athena-vp6hz]

This was my grandpa's favorite song before he died of cancer he listened to it for the last time, and we played it for his funeral it gets me every time😪😢

[@jannix998]

You're granddad was a lucky man i think. Greetings from germany🇩🇪

[@johannesmohner8695]

@@jannix998 jawoll Grüße aus der Heimat. Wo hören sie dieses schöne Stück ? Ich höre es zum kochen in Mainz am Rhein

[@jannix998]

@@johannesmohner8695 Menden (sauerland) in NRW

[@taliyaroshani809]

@@johannesmohner8695 ja

[@RDHANsME]

Any and ALL COWBOYS ( now and then) ARE / WERE REAL! THE NONE.BELIEVERS , ARE UNDER EDUCATED....EVERYONE see these FACTS!

[@tjlonegreat38]

I was driving across Arizona on I-8 toward Gila Bend. I needed to hear this song. I looked out at the landscape and imagined the cowboys, strong in their solitude and addicted to their way of life. The lyrics "the old Chisholm Trail is covered in concrete now. The truck em' to market in 50 foot rigs. They blow by his marker, never slowing to realize, like livin' and dyin' is all that he did," they crush me. This song can bring tears to my eyes and give me the chills sometimes depending on my mood. I was never a cowgirl but have always felt such an affinity for the west and that way of life. When Willie comes in on harmony and solo, it is haunting to me, in the best of ways.

[@drakehonest2]

Hey how are you doing today?

[@joselugo-ik4mz]

As soon I heard this song I knew this country was over pray and repent because god ain't playing around right now

[@brianthompson7482]

AMEN...very true words

[@altheacraig2904]

WOW, it hits me right in my heart. I grew up in the coal-mining town of Black Diamond, WA but the Cowboy West and music came to me over my mom's little radio as I was growing up. To me, it still is the best! Like Waylon, Willie, and the boys, Ray Price, and all the rest. Thank all of you that put them on my computer for me to keep on enjoying. P.S. I am 84 pushing 85 years old.

[@markclifford1857]

Hello 👋 Craig. How are you doing ? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

[@bobdant2271]

i think i was born a cowboy, broke my 1st horse at 9, was still roping at 60, & rode out a bucking 2 yr old filly at 70, & i aint done yet!

[@cat-bu5ky]

I dont suggest riding horses under 4 years old because their backs are very weak and undeveloped until then

[@daveburnett7190]

Been over white river pass in Montana ?

[@jamesdunn9714]

It ain't over 'til it's over!

[@prober2010]

I hope you are still roping and riding. Take care.

[@tristannieblas3390]

Good for you I wish we had more cowboys

[@whocares2227]

My dad will be 91 this September, he has a picture of himself sitting on a paint horse when he was 16 driving cattle from Texas to Denver, has always been a cowboy and I'm sure he is living those old times when he is sitting in his recliner dozing off......

[@sisleymichael]

I grew up working cattle for other folks. Daddy was a preacher and we had no land. From north of Sanderson over to San Angelo, and down south of Uvalde, all in Texas. I'm 65 now. I hear this song and tears will come on. I never made much money, but I cry for the boys who were like me and came after me and probably will never get to experience what I did. A lot was expected of a 14 year old. At 18 I went out to San Diego for USMC boot camp. Things are a lot different now. It was a simpler time.

[@anelladambrosio2513]

​@Mikecollins0207ciao Mike! 🙋‍♀️😍😘💘🌄

[@johnrodriguez859]

Songs like this, make me proud to be American. I'm Mexican American, a californio, and this song really brings you to a time when one was really free.

[@doragoffman2191]

Very true. Can't believe how we seem to forget how soon we forget our beginnings. I'll never forget.

[@ramonacastillo6488]

I am an American.althouh of MEXICAN DECENT I HAVE NEVER LIVED OR KNOWN ABOUT MEXICO NOR DO I HAVE FAMILY THERE. COWBOYS HAVE ALWAYS BEING IDOLS FOR ME. SAD WE ARE LOSING THEM.

[@ramonacastillo6488]

Hek.M. Did I disrespect you in ANY way? I AM 73 YRS OLD AND WAS BORN IN TEXAS , NO ONE TOLD ME I WASN'T AMERICAN. I WAS ORPHANED AT 6 MONTHS OLD AND MY BC SAYS I AM WHITE.MY BELIEFS AND MUSIC I CHOOSE IS MY OWN DOING AND COUNTRY IS # 1, THEN TEJANO. I AM AGAINST PEOPLE COMING AND NOT DOING IT RIGHT. I HAVEN'T A SOUL IN MEXICO. AND I DID NOT CROSS ANY BORDER. YES MAY BE THAT MY INCESTERS DID I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT! I AM HOLDING ON TO THE PAST! OL GLORY AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ARE MY COUNTRY' S FLAG AND SONG.I AM NOT OFFENDED THAT YOU SAY I'M MEXICAN . YOU DON'T ME KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH TO TRY TO BRING ME DOWN. MORE POWER TO THE SWISS! I WAS OFFENDED AT YOUR "YOU PEOPLE". HAVE A BLESSED LIFE.I AM LISTENING TO ALAN JACKSON NOW, HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?

[@scottmccluremcclure3916]

Here in Texas it's not over we still have Cowboys and Cattleman and Vaqueros God Bless Texas

[@ericman5455]

Vaquero is cowboy in spanish so you technically said cowboy twice

[@scottmccluremcclure3916]

@@ericman5455 To no dices

[@ericman5455]

Scott McClure McClure que?

[@tomvaughn3077]

@@ericman5455 we always say cowboy for the American ones and Vaccaro for our Mexican friends , show of respect..

[@tomvaughn3077]

@@ericman5455 and just for you , it is pronounced Baccaro

[@salvageman1983]

My dad was born in 1914. He grew up on a farm in northern Michigan. He saw the end of the horse and buggy and the coming of the industrial age.

[@alexmason2659]

Farmers aren't cowboys that would be us Cattle Ranchers

[@anamerican481]

My Dad grew up in the hills of Missouri and we didn't get electric till the 60's and still drew water till 72 from a well, days weren't easy but we're good 🇺🇸

[@bigcountry8636]

My great grandfather was one of the last ones. He rode from clear out in Utah to Texas on more ranches than I can count. I've rid for 5 or 6 already that folded after generations of ranchin... sad to see our breed dying...

[@brucewilliams8604]

I should have been born in 1840 instead of 1940. this gentleman never got the recognition he deserved. fantastic voice. thanx for posting

[@user-ry2vd5me8q]

I had the opportunity to be raised by my grand and great grandparents, got to ride and rope, and garden at age 6. was hunting at age 6. "thank you granddad", You were an amazing man to get t know. You taught me so much when you thought I wasn't listening. I have taken my boys to learn what you taught me. They would make you proud.

[@nelsonwayne6997]

Hello Ass 👋👋👋 How are you doing and how's the weather condition over there ??

[@ronhopson3499]

It's a shame today's young men aren't as tough and as loyal as the men of days gone by. My mother came from the Indian reservation in OK and my dad's family were sharecroppers in Tennessee, my dad fought with Gen. Patton in WWII, my goodness they were tough people. I'm proud to have their bloodline...

[@alexmason2659]

Same although I'm half Native they lived with our people and my father's family were Cattle Ranchers in Western Oklahoma

[@wickywach1803]

Well sir I may be a little late but only 20 , come from a broken home and cowboy to the core, and trust me theirs and your memory lives in untill I die no matter when that will be :)

[@justsayingwhatsonmymindd3804]

Ur probably thinking of millennials their are a bunch of week sensitive pussy but my generation gen z come from broken homes and hard times during the recession we know what it’s like to go out without a meal or heat in the winter like a quote I heard once hard times make hard men and sure things have changed just like through time but just letting u know theirs hope for better men in the future right know I went to trade school and work 60 hours a week with hard labor.

[@frederickwise5238]

Ron, Would you be any relation to the Hopsons of Erwin Tenn? After my son moved to Erwin, I became good friends with Ted. We were both born in 35, both worked in the Aerospace industry in the 60's. Had a lot in common, Further my GGrandfather (dads side) was a Seneca chief in central Oh. I ask the same question myself. What has happened to the youth of today.? No strength, np patriotism, no backbone, no integrity. Its a shjame.!!!!!!! added: My Grandaughter-in-law is from "the Chisum's" of Ok. Her Grampa lived out near Guymon. at one time.

[@strongwhiteman6497]

@Paul Spot on.

[@calvinmcmahan7861]

My Dad ws one of the Real Cowboys. He left SC in 1900 to Homestead in Wyoming. Made it to Lost Cabin WY where he stayed for 29 years. He came back to Sc, Married Mom in 1933. He passed in 1951 when I was 6. Mom Left me in 2002 at 89. Dad Born in 1886. I went to see that 'Okie' Ranch and Town JB built in 2016. I really felt at ease while there sleeping in old Van. God Bles Cowboys.

[@Sandra-cm1du]

God bless the American Cowboy. Great song..."This is the Last Cowboy Song"

[@drakehonest2]

Hello how are you doing..?

[@radamson1]

I'm seventy-two years old and my dad was born during the last of the true cowboy times. He worked on ranches in Montana and Wyoming when everything they did was from the back of a horse. I sometimes wish I could have traded lives with him. I ride and rope but most of our work was done from 4x4 pickups and tractors. My grandfather fought with raiders out of Memphis during the civil war.

[@desertbill01]

The marvelous Ed Bruce. Real music from a genuine country singer/songwriter.

[@deankenney4316]

At 59 my greatest accomplishments have been seeking the Lord and receiving the gift of salvation and spending a period of my life on a ranch in colorado. Doesn't take away from my wonderful children and now oncoming grandkids. It just adds a layer to life that can't be explained until you talk those that have experienced it.

[@andiplastic]

I have a photo of my father and his brothers. They were young on the farm central Texas. They had straw hats and wore overalls and no shirts. Bare feet! They looked like a bunch of Huck Finns!! Tough as nails. Survived WWII!!! Lived long lives.....

[@drakehonest2]

Hey how are you doing?

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

Love this song, I've been singing the song from my childhood. My very first favorite song.This is a beautiful song! There is so much emotion....Amazing Ed Bruce....RIP ed Bruce........from Fort Worth, Tx....

[@Elnalgon_18]

Im a retired US Marine 4th Regiment 2003-2018 🇺🇸🦅I wear my caps backwards super tight with fluorescent shorts and scandals Big green tractor, Yeti, Carthartt, beer and whiskey, deer hunting, Fishing, Bass Pro Shops, and country music, sir yes sir. And vote Trump 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 and diesel...

[@detuck1]

This song reminds me of my son, Gary Joe Tuck, who was a true cowboy and passed on too early at age 48 just this last June. His dad was a cowboy, his granddad was and his great grand dad-all cowboys in New Mexico and Arizona. God bless them all.

[@Ween745]

May God Bless you, sweet girl. You've earned it.

[@davidbrush3523]

I am sorry to hear of your son's passing, there are not many like him left.

[@tomjohnson1708]

Diane Tuck I used to work with a Gary Joe on the steel gangs, always had a huge grin no matter how tough the day. When we got time we talked horses and he was going to swing by our ranch in Oregon to check out ours. He left a little rock on my trailer inscribed "2 first names", I wish I still had that rock.He died a few months later I heard. Good man missed by many, Sorry for your loss.

[@mattlow9056]

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there?

[@mbenz9389]

R.I.P

[@juliekroeger7008]

A wonderful song about a lost generation of the American West. Great video too.

[@markclifford1857]

Hello 👋 Julie. How are you doing ? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

[@kerrytrauger9525]

Ben Johnson was the last real cowboy. May he Rest in Peace. Now he is riding his horse in Heaven.

[@davidcrabtree5845]

Some of the best country music comes from Ed Bruce and Don Williams. Could, and have , listened to them both for hours.

[@sharonwrogjt5903]

My great-grand pa And my Grandpa were cowboys. Started a ranch in Coleman Texas, great-grand pa died there and is buried there. Grandpa brought his cowpony with him when his Mama loaded up her 11 children all the way to S.C. I wasn't more than 2, but Grandpa would set me up on Somky Joe and I rode him as long as my Mama didn't find out.Grandpa said it was the safest place I could be. He sung all the old cowboy songs and all lever wanted to be was a cowboy, forget that I was a girl. My dear grandpa would be around 105. I sure miss him, never will forget him. He always tried to go back to Texas. I picture him now, young, strong and rounding up cattle. Ghost Riders in the Sky.

[@markclifford1857]

Hello 👋 Sharon. How are you doing ? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

[@kerrytrauger9525]

I was born 100 years to late. My heart is with those boys.

[@jeffreynjamieruffing704]

Rip Ed Bruce you'll be sadly missed by folks who knows true country songs like me

[@douglaspuett2306]

I’ve always wanted to be a cowboy since 5 yrs old. Now, 60 years later, I still play cowboy songs. In my mind I am the cowboy that I’ve always to be. 🤠🤠

[@garoto1707]

congratulations my friend! From Brazil!

[@Tom-ys5ik]

Don't give up the dream!

[@terryolson6716]

SAME here,just started playing country music ,mainly waylon,willie,the greats! I wear a cowboy hat and boots, love the old stuff! Just learned this song last week. Love it!

[@tristannieblas3390]

My dream at 15 in this era I know it's rare but is to own a piece of land a horse or two a dog chickens fruit trees growin in the yard and some cattle I will buy happy like that

[@birgip.m.1236]

@@tristannieblas3390 Hope you make your dream your reality❣🐴🐎🐮🐓🐕🐶

[@robgrant2199]

Ed Bruce absolutely nailed this....the mental imagary, his words...just magic

[@jimpaull731]

Rob Grant= You got that right buddy. Ed Bruce 's song "I Pray" brings this old cowboy to his knees everytime.

[@dc9291]

awesome song - there are still cowboys amongst us. the free spirits.

[@lymansmith5400]

Danny Robertson of Spur Texas was one of the very best of the last "cowboys"!! A man of his word and wisedom to share to those who would listen ...He was my friend and I loved the Cowboy!! May he Rest In Peace! You will be missed .......

[@drakehonest2]

Hey 👋

[@anelladambrosio2513]

​@@drakehonest2ciao amico! 🙋‍♀️😍😘💘🌅

[@hackamorehackamore697]

Well let me say as a 74 year young cowboy that few people of today have any idea what the life of a real cowboy is like or was like. There are a lot of people today wanting to call themselves cowboys and some that are, but the life of the old style cowboy was hell on earth. Working in the burning hot sun, riding all day in the freezing blizzards, just to make sure all the cattle survived the winter, and the calves lived to be grown so we could sell and have food to eat. I love this life and maybe someday when I get old I will look back and wonder why I did it. Then I will know that true cowboy's are a God given blessing for us all. This song is one of the best ever written, sung by one of the best. A real tribute to a fast dying lifestyle and legacy. God has been good to me and hope he is to you, and remember to check your cinch now and then.

[@johnniejohnson2402]

Watch "Gathering Remnants". Super DVD covering ranch life in the Great Basin.

[@CatherineSTodd]

@@johnniejohnson2402: where can we watch "Gathering Remnants" online? Would love to see it!

[@johnniejohnson2402]

@@CatherineSTodd Rent at Amazon for $1.99

[@dona6606]

Very well said sir, Cowboy greetings from Thailand. (US expat). I'm wondering how many folks even know what a hackamore is? lol

[@kenstagner2269]

Well said

[@donaldmcintoshdonaldmcinto8704]

Cowboys are still out there.You just can’t see them from the road.

[@claudiaheinowski2992]

YES, try going off the main highways, try Wyoming, Montanta, Texas, etc.

[@hannegrevejohannessen5639]

i hope they are.woud like to meet them

[@unknownwolf4046]

@@hannegrevejohannessen5639 im not a cowboy but i live on a farm with my grandparents tbey don't have smart house i get away from cities I play Xbox i cant get a Job due to my medical problems i have since i was a kid

[@dewaynedawson1148]

The real COWBOYS ! are called BUCKAROOS , AIRBORNE . no quite

[@richardking6969]

From Steve Fromholz's song Man in the Big Hat: Now, the high-lines chase the highways, and the fences close the range And to see a working cowboy - that's a sight that's mighty strange." But a cowboy's life was lonely, and his lot was not the best But if it hadn't been for men like me, there wouldn't be no west

[@johnnewton344]

The cowboy life is hard to understand if you have never lived it. I miss it so much and still remember all the great times!

[@arthurdewith7608]

only bad memory I have are the veep boss man that do not pay up in full

[@gregderozier3846]

All of our fathers wanted to be cowboys...and in our memories - they are.

[@tchrishoward]

Rest In Peace Ed Bruce. Thanks for the songs

[@jalexa56]

It’s very ironic that we lost Ed Bruce at the same time as we are losing America.

[@DixieRoseproductions]

Damn, I had no idea he had passed. I grew up on his music...

[@MichaelMoore-wk1bj]

Tragic, as his song says, “another piece of America’s gone..”

[@mihaimihai9254]

@@DixieRoseproductions Me neither, Sir ... But in the Far European East this news is coming to late... God bless his soul!

[@dreday4443]

For reals. If my grandad was here it would've floored him to what america is now. A data colony

[@user-vm1hw5gp8c]

كل 💩

[@billdance8815]

So many folks from every religion, and race built this country with hard work, and love of our God! Time to get back to basics!

[@helda4850]

That just made me cry, thinking also with what's going on these days, is simply so sad, thank you for sharing! God Bless America!

[@billjohnson2508]

Thank you for your comment. You said it much better than I could and I totally agree.

[@loveljohn3963]

This is the time we look back and think how good it was back then

[@bonanza521]

Sad times for sure.

[@loveljohn3963]

It will get better god is great

[@knucklehead7456]

Take a listen to a song call The Man in the Big Hat is Buying 😁🤠

[@donanderson1676]

Just lost a dear man on May 5, 2021. His name was Ernie Morris, a true horseman in the Traditional Vaquero style. This song is dedicated to him and those who came before, making him the man he became. He will be missed by all who knew him. God Bless Ernie and RIP.

[@joefish1070]

Had an Ernest Morris prints at one time, the detail was such that to get that down , you had to of been there. They were that good

[@donanderson1676]

@@joefish1070 I have several prints and some rawhide work and hair rope, mecate that are my personal treasures . Ernie was one of a kind and was "all that" detail and experience. His prints and maybe some originals still available. Contact his son, Ralph Pavey, possible Templeton, CA

[@butcharmstrong8275]

Love it. My cowboys mixed with Cherokee.... and what a bunch my Ancestors were.

[@rambowski2879]

I like cowboys songs so much, from Warszawa Poland.

[@douglaspuett2306]

Being Cowboy is a state of mind 🤠. Cowboy up!

[@claudiaheinowski2992]

Good for you cc ks, you know GOOD music when you hear it. P.S. My son is 1/2 Polish.

[@rambowski2879]

Texas had much polish immigrants, we aren't too far to be cowboys lol

[@rogermiller3446]

My Brother Ronnie spent his idle time dreaming of being a cowboy he passed away last year but we had a last time together two days before he passed !! My sisters and I sang him some hymns , And then Ronnie with his voice struggling Sang us Ghost Ridders in the sky,as I listened to this song I remember my big brother God speed Ronnie !!!

[@tonynapoli5549]

I’m British but love cowboy songs. Love the history of America and I’m proud what the Americans have achieved. I could fit in quiet easy. Thanks for sharing 👍☝️🇬🇧

[@fidelrivera2845]

Actually the Spanish & Mexicans were the first cowboys starting in NM in 1598. My ancestor Pedro Rivera drove 1400 cattle & 800 horses to NM and Onate and those brave colonists settled right in the middle of the Apaches, Commanches, Utes, Navajos, and other tribes and started the first ranches, colonies (etc) in the USA. Unfortunately nobody has ever heard of that! I live 30 miles from where it all started! Nobody will ever experience what those first vaqueros did for 300 years' using only reatas and horsemanship for protection! I was born & raised by real Vaqueros who used 120 foot long reatas, roped grizzlies and everything else, including eagles; as was last done by Jose Romero in a rodeo in Tuscon in 1934!

[@nelsonwayne6997]

Hello Tony 👋👋 How are you doing and how's the weather condition over there ?

[@jimpaull731]

Tony Napoli= Thank you Buddy for the kind words and appreciation for our Country; I wish more Americans had your love and admiration. God Bless

[@ricksautner6789]

My dad was one of them also...he raised me up the same way...true grit ..the cowboy is a man's man in every sense of the world... wish it was still the same as it was then

[@georgeloyie7456]

So many pieces of our great countries are lost... I'm an Alberta boy, raised on this here kind of fine music. Brings back all sorts of memories like from when I was a kid, this music always played at our place on a radio, 8-track tape or record on the Zenith console stereo and when I think of the 'newer' memories, well I smell an old small town bar, cigarettes, booze, Aqua Velva, you know what I mean.

[@chrisnnh]

My buddy, Ed Bruce. Sings and Writes some great Mama Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys songs. The first time I heard this song was in Ed’s family room on a small Song cassette player. Willie has been in the studio the day before to cut his track. Caught me completely by surprise. Sounds as good today as it did then.

[@teamawesomelife3207]

I should have been born in 1840, instead of 1940. this man never got the fame he so rightly deserved! FANTASTIC voice, and talent

[@gfour20]

Dad was a cowboy and still wearing his boots, his hat, and playing that guitar in Heaven.

[@kevinrees5855]

I was raised in Southwest Louisiana where cowboys such as my grandfather spoke French and we were raising cattle here back in the 1700's. Same Spirit of Independence and self reliant and resilient ! My dad taught me that Spirit - grin and bare it - now cowboy up. We are still here and will always be !

[@rogermullen6825]

such a fitting voice for this song. Sad we are losing are history, please keep it in your hearts.

[@billhyatt6897]

I'm an old timer (84 yrs old May 20) and my dad was 30 yrs older than my mother. He lived the kind of life Ed is singing about here. He even killed a couple of men when he was a young cowboy; A town marshal in Texas and a young would be card sharp in Colorado Springs. This was in 1900 08 1901.

[@haydensice7645]

Holy shit Im 14 and I'd love to hear more

[@ruralrebeltory7474]

This song reminds me so much of my grandpa and my dad. We buried my grandpa last March at 97. The stories he told about his dad and his older brothers being in Northern Texas in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s always got him. He would have loved to have seen that. He did get a ranch of his own and passed it on to my dad. My dad gets that same stare when he dreams of what he missed. My husband, my dad, and my brother run our ranch now and I hope we keep it in the family for years to come. While it is a given most Americans today could not have settled and built this country; what is truly sad is most would not even be willing to live that kind of life to settle a country and build the once strong America.... ~ Rachel Ann

[@pattibronstein9961]

Sure miss my cowboy. Would have been 98. Cattle and broke horses at the Matador Ranch. Glad I have pictures, hats etc.. his legacy lives on. His life was one heck of a ride. Always love you cowboy Bernard L. S.

[@markclifford1857]

Hello 👋 Patti. How are you doing ? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado, Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

[@kevinrees5855]

If you aren't a horse person you will never understand. Love this video !

[@jaynexpain]

Love this one. Always got bullied for not liking pop music and for not following the trends. Country music sums up my childhood with my grandfather whom I miss daily so country music is close to my heart. Yes I like a lot of other genres but country has a permanently reserved seat in my heart and it ain't going anywhere.

[@mattlow9056]

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there??

[@jungleboy1968]

This song applies to my grandfather, cattle drives, mending fences, doctoring ranch animals, horse whisperer..... A tough and big hearted man full of wisdom RIP

[@Michael-eo5nf]

Absolutely wonderful. What a great country this was and what it has descended into. May God restore us to our original days. First time I saw this video which was tonight it broke my heart.

[@darkpope6667]

What are you talking about? Trump's era is the best thing that happened to the US.

[@blindbasser]

AS YOUNG BOYS GROWING UP IN THE 50S AND 60S WE ALL WANTED TO BE A COWBOY !

[@maciejponka3319]

i want still

[@captined]

i wanted to be the,one ranger

[@MirabaiAsal]

play music cowboy music cowboy music

[@dalehuntington9402]

I like tensing

[@rokndady]

I'm almost 61 years old and I still want to be a cowboy when I grow up !

[@jlk8145]

One of my favorite Ed Bruce songs

[@magnumpr5036]

My dad is still here still one of these fine gentlemen ..not a finer species of men ..no sir..

[@danfarmer9743]

RIP Ed Bruce. Thanks for the music.

[@alexmason2659]

My mother is a Native American from Southeastern Oklahoma and my Father a Cattle Rancher From South Central Oklahoma and now I help him work the ranch that has been in my family since 1830 during the Oklahoma Land rush

[@milesmanges]

That is amazing, never let it die, take care of the land, and the land will take care of you

[@alexmason2659]

@@milesmanges yes sir I appreciate that

[@garoto1707]

Strange... I miss it immensely, but I was never a cowboy. I love this song. From Brazil!

[@michaelkingsbury4305]

Both my Grandad's, from Colorado and the Panhandle. That life was gone before they married my G Mas. Never wanted more than to be a cowboy.

[@drakehonest2]

Hello 👋

[@JohnnyRebKy]

Song just broke my heart. What have we allowed to happen to our country 🤦‍♂️

[@genemall719]

My dad was a rancher, a oil well driller and I can remember every night he came home tired. He made us a living. He gave up the oil patch, bought more feeders and made it and died happy with his boys by his side.

[@mattlow9056]

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there?

[@tcsmith9924]

An awesome Ed Bruce song... such an unappreciated writer

[@lorettarussell7758]

I grew up listening to cowboy songs, this is kind of sad. I am a Canadian, and these were the songs I loved

[@marymacdonald1651]

It's heartbreaking.

[@lorettarussell7758]

@@marymacdonald1651 It is like something died.

[@anthonymilton7731]

Hello Loretta,how are you doing today.?

[@lorettarussell7758]

@@anthonymilton7731 getting ready for Christmas, I am ok.

[@francisquayjr.452]

My late dad Francis Quay Sr.died being a true cowboy,roped wild maverick cattle,, but left his legend to his Grandkids 😢❤

[@clicklyes]

when I was young man coming out of army. didn't know what I wanting to do. one day I just packed up went to Wyoming went to a bar next morning woke up was on a cattle ranch spent over 20 years doing what I was ment to do in life.I think I should of never got paid because I loved it. not much sleep work around the clock never own a watch. I miss it today. I had the time of my life.

[@ralphkingsbury5624]

Do what you love and never work a day in your life.

[@libertyordeath9936]

I’ve thought about doing the same thing, but I have no farming experience so it’s probably not a good idea

[@shawnmay8073]

When you love what you do its heaven on earth

[@shtcare]

@@ralphkingsbury5624 PARASITE

[@longrider42]

I live in Wyoming and I know some real cowboys. Yep, there are still a few around. Some big ranches up in the Great Basin area of Wyoming. Some still don't have electric power. For 3 years back in my High School days. I worked for my dad every summer. Riding fence and watching cows. Checking water holes. It was hard work, specially from the back of a horse, hard and hot and windy and dusty and rainy. But I did it. did I like it. Some days I did, some I didn't so much. But I stuck with it. I'm 58 now and I look back on those times and just wonder what if I'd been able to keep at it. Ah well, I have my memories and some good songs, like this one.

[@danebarrett237]

A tear in my eye. How wonderful! Thanks, youtube!

[@texasjr1804]

My grandpa would be 130. He was born in West, Tx. He worked at ranches in North Texas. He went to Europe in World War I and was in the rodeo but left when he got married. He became a tenant farmer and rancher in southern Oklahoma where he grew cotton and had some cattle. He could break horses and could do some amazing trick roping skills. I saw him birth calves. He never had a drivers license but drove anyway. He slept out on porch with his dog tuffy. He ate beans and bread literally every day. He raised 11 kids and sent two of them to WWII and 1 more to Vietnam Nam. I’m sad to say that the old homestead is an Native American Casino and Golf Resort on the Texas/Oklahoma border.

[@RandyFelts2121]

My granddad would be 128 buried in Telephone Texas 1970. "Town Named Telephone Because It Had One."

[@glennoconnor1130]

Wow that's so interesting! I generally don't care much for American history but there's something about cowboys and the west. They were real men.

[@FanyArmy]

A beautiful story, my great-grandfather found gold at the Yukon and Klondike, where they played a similar song in 1896.

[@PoetMarinerRay]

@Evan Hodge And,who are you ? A bigger faker,shrill, pansy-assed troll? Lol

[@birgip.m.1236]

@Evan Hodge I hope you're in a better place & frame of heart & mind now. Hurt damaged people hurt & damage other people... til they face their trauma & heal. Wishing you blessings.

[@NMe283]

I was a cowboy in Mexico and I also had a friend who opened this song to me many years ago

[@docs1forever737]

This song brings back some old memories I was fresh back from Vietnam and stationed at FT Carson Colorado Looking at a court martial and having my rank taken down to a private By the grace of the Almighty I was recruited for a Mounted Cavalry unit out there A guy there years older than me ( about 8) took me under his wing .He was a real cowboy. He had worked on the 6666 ranch in Texas. He taught e what I thought I knew. How to throw a smaller loop for brush roping , how to head and heal, mount and dismount a horse in a hurry and last how to work brush After my time was up in 1971, we parted ways with the understanding we would always stay in touch . That was not to be Due to an injury I lost track of him Years latter I was in a hospital and was in a room with an old gentleman .We got to talking and he had worked on the 6666 for 50 years. We would set as long as we could and listen to him tell stories This year I relocated my old friend from 1971, After 44 years he was working ranches and big spreads in New Mexico He finally gave it up last year at age 74 when a horse bucked him off and broke his arm . Sorry to ramble but enjoyed the song My Apology

[@fassstEddie]

+Docs1 forever I still ride at age 77. Have been thrown only two times. Once when I was 14 when I rode double on my friend's horse. Well, Frank (the horse) didn't like that so off I went. I landed on some plowed dirt and escaped any injury. And he was a *tall* Tennessee walker! At age 75 I was thrown on the trail by a horse that did not like his bit. Bucked about 5 seconds before I flew off. But like a good cowboy I held on to the reins. Again only bruises, nothing broken. So in about 74 years of riding, only two times I've flown off the saddle. I ride horses every weekend. Oh, I also ride motorcycles. I have 16 of 'em. Yes, sixteen! I like your story, btw. Chris Green is right. The end of the cowboy came when fences were built. I have a print from Remington showing two cowboys, one off his horse, opening a gate. Yep, the fence did 'em in. UPDATE: have 18 motorcycles now. yeeehaww!

[@garyharris1932]

+Docs1 forever As a somewhat genealogist facts, names, dates etc. are what we're looking for however the stories are the frosting on the cake. If you have some great stories don't just keep them in your head. Write them down and the names who are in these stories. Many families repeat family names so make sure the reader knows who you are talking about, time frame and location No one expects all the information I"m suggesting. Years from now your progenitors will thank you or your memory.

[@dbpw34l]

You ain't rambling Cowboy!! I could visit with you all day and into the night. I'm 85 and Cowboys were my heroes at birth and they still are!!!! ...dw

[@CatherineSTodd]

Docs: Loved your story; not rambling at all! Hope you write them ALL down, put 'em on Amazon Kindle and we can all enjoy them. Plus post them here!

[@davespittle]

don't be sorry my friend I enjoyed the reading,im from the UK and never been on a horse .thanks again for your post. stay with your horse

[@salvageman1983]

My dad was born in 1914. He was born and raised on a farm near Lake City, Michigan. He saw the end of work horses and the beginning of the motorized age. He died in 1995. The stories he told us.......During the great depression he was forced to cut a sleigh load of firewood, by hand, with a crosscut buck saw. The team of horses would pull the sleigh to town, about 10 miles and he would sell it for $1.00.

[@carlosmagalhaes9513]

I am a old 65 man, always in my hollydays I used to made some trips to the south of USA ,I live in Brazil . I saw the beaufull lands in Texas,Colorado,Montana etc. and I thinkig that it always been the same. I don't go there since 2014 . But in my mind I have one music of Charle Daniel that says ..... That Lady may have stumbled, but she ain't never fell. God bless America again! Never let takes it from you! Remember the land of freedon and the braves !

[@michelcapitaine6025]

ED Bruce.... highly underrated singer of the 80 ' s.... with a such sensitive voice !

[@kd78orangerangerpete89]

It's not over where I live. It's changed but not over. The cowboy still lives on!