Bessie the Heifer

"Bessie The Heifer" is an American country-western novelty song written by Jimmy Dickens and Boudleaux Bryant.[1] Performed by Dickens, the song was released by Columbia in 1951 (Columbia 20786).[2] The song was one of Billboard Magazine's Country And Western Disk Jockey Picks shortly after it was released.[3] The song has been performed by other musicians such as Wayne Newton and Grant Rogers. Newton sang the song on a 1965 episode of The Lucy Show, "Lucy Discovers Wayne Newton." The song (and a parody of it called Melvin the Mollusk)[4] was performed many times at The Adventurers Club in Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World.