Weeds and Water is a studio recording by the Western

Western music (North America)

Western music originated as a form of American folk music. Originally composed by and about the people who settled and worked throughout the Western United States and Western Canada. Directly related musically to old English, Scottish, and Irish folk ballads, Western music celebrates the life of...

 band Riders in the Sky, released in 1983. It is available as a single CD. The album features cowboy music standards like "Cool Water," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Streets of Laredo," along with several originals.

This album was first released in the early 1980s as a direct-mail TV package. It was remixed and remastered in 1983, with the steel guitar of Kayton Roberts replacing the original steel tracks.

Track listing

1. "Cool Water
   Cool Water
   "Cool Water" is a song written in 1936 by Bob Nolan. It is about a man and his mule, Dan, and a mirage in the desert.-Original version:The best-selling recorded version was done by Vaughn Monroe and The Sons of the Pioneers in 1948. The recording was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number...
   
   " (Bob Nolan
   Bob Nolan
   Bob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the...
   
   ) – 3:19
2. "West Texas Cowboy" – 2:54
3. "La Cucaracha
   La Cucaracha
   "La Cucaracha" is a traditional Spanish folk corrido that became popular in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. It has additionally become a verse played on car horns.-Origins:...
   
   " (Traditional) – 2:47
4. "Streets of Laredo (The Cowboy's Lament
   Streets of Laredo (song)
   "Streets of Laredo" , also known as the "Cowboy's Lament", is a famous American cowboy ballad in which a dying cowboy tells his story to a living one. Derived from the English folk song "The Unfortunate Lad", it has become a folk music standard, and as such has been performed, recorded and adapted...
   
   )" (Traditional) – 3:03
5. "Singing a Song to the Sky" (Douglas Green) – 2:24
6. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds
   Tumbling Tumbleweeds
   "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" is a song composed by Bob Nolan, one of the founding members of the Sons of the Pioneers. Although one of the most famous songs associated with cowboys, the song was composed by Nolan back in the 1930s while he was working as a caddy and living in Los Angeles...
   
   " (Nolan) – 3:55
7. "Pecos Bill" (Daniel, Lange, Nolan, Smith) – 2:21
8. "That's How the Yodel Was Born" (Green) – 2:13
9. "Wasteland" (Green) – 3:27
10. "Bound to Hit the Trail" – 2:15

Personnel

• Douglas B. Green
  Douglas B. Green
  Douglas B. Green , better known by his stage name Ranger Doug, is an American musician, arranger and award-winning Western music songwriter, best known for his work with the Western music and comedy group Riders in the Sky in which he plays guitar and sings lead and baritone vocals. He is also an...
  
   (a.k.a. Ranger Doug) – guitar, vocals
• Paul Chrisman
  Paul Chrisman
  Paul Chrisman , better known by his stage name Woody Paul, is an American singer, fiddler, and composer, best known for his work with the Western swing musical and comedy group Riders in the Sky. With the Riders, he is billed as "Woody Paul — King of the Cowboy Fiddlers".Chrisman began playing...
  
   (a.k.a. Woody Paul) – fiddle, vocals
• Fred LaBour
  Fred LaBour
  Frederick LaBour , better known by his stage name Too Slim, is a Grammy award winning American musician, best known for his work with the Western swing musical and comedy group Riders in the Sky....
  
  (a.k.a. Too Slim) – bass, vocals
• Kayton Roberts – steel guitar
• Bob Mater – drums