Major Lance from Riverside, IlThe Mongolian Cowboy’s TV version was awesome!.Lots of covers out there including George Strait of course. Jack from SeattleI think Terry Stafford wrote this song.Tracey from Albuquerque NmThe verse Lost my wife and a girlfriend Was he cheating or he lost both during his time in the rodeo Where at one time he lost a Wife and another time a girlfriend?.

And, of course, George Strait’s remake was fantastic. I was not a big fan of country music as a kid, but I remember thinking what a good song that was. It had to be Terry Stafford’s original version, as we were returning to Ohio from a long 4th of July weekend in 1974.

It was on the radio as we passed through Louisville, KY.