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Rita Ballou Lyrics

Artist: John Denver
Album: Forever John

Rita Ballou

Now she could dance that slow Uvalde shuffle to some cowboy hustle
How she makes them trophy buckles shine,shine,shine
Wild-eyed and Mexican silvered, trickin'dumb ol' cousin Willard
Into thinkin' that he's got her this time

Chorus:
Hill country honky-tonkin' Rita Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played the fool for you
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you

She's a rawhide rope and velvet mixture walkin' talkin' Texas texture
High timin' barroom fixture kind of a girl
She's the queen of cowboys look at ol' Willard grinnin' now, boys
You'd a-thought there's less fools in this world

Chorus:
Hill country honky-tonkin' Rita Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played the fool for you
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you

Good luck, Willard, and here's to ya
Here's to Rita and I hope she'll do ya
right all night
Lord, I wish I was the fool in your shoes

Chorus
Hill country honky-tonkin' Rita Ballou
Every beer joint in town has played the fool for you
Backslidin' barrel ridin' Rita Ballou
Ain't a cowboy in Texas would not ride a bull for you

Comments/Interpretations

by Steve Truitt on 1/26/2012 2:45pm
Rita Ballou was not written by John Denver. It is the work of Guy Clark.

by Jimmy on 2/22/2012 1:20pm
This is a Guy Clark song.

by Brain Surgeon on 4/9/2012 3:12pm
Yes...Guy Clark. JD could not have put this song together for sure.

by Klem Kadiddlehopper on 8/4/2012 9:28am
Nothing against JD, but he could only wish to write as good a song as this.

by DavidT on 8/29/2012 3:46am
No one claims JD wrote this - he just sang it - Look at the Ablbum and it tells you who Wrote it - sheesh - you guys need to get an education

by BJ Haussler on 6/17/2013 10:52am
JD sang it and so did Vince Gill but Guy Clark wrote it.