Tami Nielsen responded to Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings’ song, “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”, in her new duet with Willie called “Too Many Mamas”.
Willie and Waylon recorded their #1 twanger “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” in 1978, which was originally written and recorded by the late great Ed Bruce, along with his wife Patsy Bruce. The song was featured on his 1976 self-titled album, Chris LeDoux also covered it for his 1976 album, “Songbook of the American West”…and Cody Johnson brought it back to life at ACM Awards in 2023 when he performed the hell out of it.
Tami sings in the song, “now what’s a girl to do when there ain’t no more cowboys from here to the city, ’cause too many mamas listened to Willie.”
Willie responded saying, “I’ll tell the good Lord it just couldn’t be helped. He made girls too pretty, I got a bit greedy, can’t blame me for trying to keep them to myself.”