> The best song about water is "Cool Water." I get thirsty just listening to it. It was recorded
> by "The Mills Brothers," and also by "The Sons of the Pioneers who were backup for Roy Rogers,
> but Roy wasn't on that record.
>
> I can remember some of the words. It went like this:
> "All day I faced the barren waste without a taste of water.
> Cool water."
> It's basically a cowboy song and both of the groups that recorded it did a fantastic job.
> I don't remember who wrote it, but it's a great song.

It was written by Bob Nolan, who was one of the "Sons".

(My parents, for no readily apparent reason, gave me a book of old songs for Christmas, and it's got "Cool Water" in it.)

Paul