"This Ain't My First Rodeo" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin.
It was released in July 1990 as the lead single from his compilation album 10 Years of Greatest Hits.
Gosdin wrote the song with Hank Cochran and Max D. Barnes.
Gosdin credited the genesis of the song to a workman who used the idiomatic expression which became the song's title: The lyrics explain a tale of experience, including these repeated lines: The song was number 10 in Radio and Records during the week of November 26, 1990.
[2] It reached number 14 on Hot Country Songs.