Cool Water (song)

"Cool Water"
Single by the Sons of the Pioneers
B-sideSo Long to the Red River Valley
Written1936
Published1936
ReleasedApril 1941
RecordedMarch 27, 1941
StudioChicago, Illinois
GenreCountry (Hillbilly)
LabelDecca 5939
SongwriterBob Nolan

"Cool Water" is a song written in 1936 by Bob Nolan. It is about a parched man and his mule traveling a wasteland tormented by mirages. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as number three on the top-100 Western songs of all time.