Country Bumpkin (song)

"Country Bumpkin"
Single by Cal Smith
from the album Country Bumpkin
B-side	It's Not the Miles You've Traveled
Released	February 1974
Format	7"
Recorded	December 21, 1973 Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	3:39
Label	MCA Records 40191
Writer(s)	Don Wayne
Producer	Walter Haynes
Cal Smith singles chronology
"Bleep You"/"An Hour and a Six Pack" (1973) "Country Bumpkin" (1974) "Between Lust and Watching TV" (1974)

"Country Bumpkin" is a 1974 single by Cal Smith. "Country Bumpkin" was Cal Smith's second number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart. Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn recorded a duet that peaked in the top ten on the charts. ^[1]

In 1974, "Country Bumpkin" received Song of the Year Awards from both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association.

The song has three verses. In the first a woman (implied to be from an urban area) meets a rural gentleman, and refers to him as a "country bumpkin" (a common nickname for a person from a rural area). The second verse discusses the woman (now married to the man) giving birth to her (only) son, while the third verse discusses her impending death.

Chart performance

Chart (1974)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 317. 

Preceded by "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" by Sonny James

Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single May 18, 1974

Succeeded by "No Charge" by Melba Montgomery