Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" is a song written by Rodney Crowell. American actress and singer Mary Kay Place recorded the first version of the song for her 1977 studio album Aimin' to Please, as the eighth track on the album. It has since been covered by several artists, notably by Emmylou Harris and Lynn Anderson. Crowell claimed to have written "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" about Harris and her friend Susanna Clark. The title of the song was taken from the then-popular novel of the same name by author Tom Robbins. Crowell released his own version of the song in 1993.