American country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. It's a mixture   of music from all of these places. In West America, cowboys   had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle sometimes ran away. A cowboy's life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert   with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to stay awake at night. He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep. They didn't run away if he sang beautiful songs. In South America, many people came from Ireland and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. When they visited their friends and families on holidays like Christmas, they usually sang and played country music. American country music describes   life. It talks about love, jobs, home and money. People in many parts of the world like western country music because everyone knows something about these ideas. What does American country music describe?
Love. Money. Jobs. Life.