So excited I am!! The Las Vegas show to the Coyote that does not have to go and find himself in the Dingo. For from that Australia lesson to our Magnificents those two incredibles have bred. The most amazing cat to know.
Simply it is the best of when to never anxious those that be lame the Wolf. For in the clothing of the wolves to tame is to lame the limb as the nuts to the scratch of the nails on the bow bone. The zoo is that tribe that now the Circus is gone, oh how the animals must tickle no-elbow as that sadness just grew to an Elephant book in the room.
A coffee this morning is the afternoon tea, crumpets and scones!! I average no nothing to note on this verse for the grace of this country is to overlook rein? Aye (long sort of grow to verbal be large) start on the Pi Writ!!
Home on the Range
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"Home on the Range" Song Genre Western folk song Composer(s) Daniel E. Kelley Lyricist(s) Brewster M. Higley
"Home on the Range" is a classic western folk song sometimes called the "unofficial anthem" of the American West. The lyrics were originally written by Dr. Brewster M. Higley of Smith County, Kansas, in a poem entitled "My Western Home" in 1872[1].[2] In 1947, it became the state song of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 western songs of all time.[3]
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| Genre | Western folk song |
| Composer(s) | Daniel E. Kelley |
| Lyricist(s) | Brewster M. Higley |
"Home on the Range" is a classic western folk song sometimes called the "unofficial anthem" of the American West. The lyrics were originally written by Dr. Brewster M. Higley of Smith County, Kansas, in a poem entitled "My Western Home" in 1872[1].[2] In 1947, it became the state song of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 western songs of all time.[3]
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History[edit]
In 1871, Higley moved from Indiana to Smith County, Kansas, under the Homestead Act. He lived in a small cabin near West Beaver Creek.[4] He was so inspired by his new bucolic surroundings that he decided to create a poem in praise of the prairie. Thus, the lyrics to "Home on the Range" were originally published as a poem published in the Smith County Pioneer in 1872 under the title "My Western Home".[5]
The music was later added by Daniel E. Kelley (1808–1905), a carpenter and friend of Higley.[6] Higley's original words are similar to those of the modern version of the song, but not identical; the original did not contain the words "on the range".[5] The song was eventually adopted by ranchers, cowboys, and other western settlers and spread across the United States in various forms.[7] In 1925, the song was arranged as sheet music by Texas composer David W. Guion (1892–1981), who occasionally was credited as the composer.[8] The song has since gone by a number of names, the most common being "Home on the Range" and "Western Home".[9]It was officially adopted as the state song of Kansas on June 30, 1947, and is commonly regarded as the unofficial anthem of the American West.[9][10]
The most popular version of the song was the version recorded by Bing Crosby on September 27, 1933, with Lennie Hayton and his orchestra for Brunswick Records[11] which appeared in the various charts of the day.[12] This turned a little-known saddle song into a most renowned western hymn. The origin of "Home on the Range" was obscure and widely debated at the time. It was published in 1910 in Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by John Lomax, who said he learned it from a black saloonkeeper in Texas. In 1925 a sheet-music arrangement found some popularity, and in 1927 Vernon Dalhart recorded it for Brunswick Records. California's radio cowboys picked it up from him, and in 1930 Hollywood's first crooning western star, Ken Maynard, recorded the song. However, it was not until the Crosby version that the song was seen as a national anthem for the west. Its popularity led to a plagiarism suit that created a search for its background.[13]
Crosby's rendition is described by the writer Gary Giddins as transforming "a nostalgic lament into an ode to pioneering, a dream of shared history, a vaguely religious affirmation of fortitude in the face of peril". Giddins praises Crosby's subtle embellishments, which enhance the melody.[13]
In 1871, Higley moved from Indiana to Smith County, Kansas, under the Homestead Act. He lived in a small cabin near West Beaver Creek.[4] He was so inspired by his new bucolic surroundings that he decided to create a poem in praise of the prairie. Thus, the lyrics to "Home on the Range" were originally published as a poem published in the Smith County Pioneer in 1872 under the title "My Western Home".[5]
The music was later added by Daniel E. Kelley (1808–1905), a carpenter and friend of Higley.[6] Higley's original words are similar to those of the modern version of the song, but not identical; the original did not contain the words "on the range".[5] The song was eventually adopted by ranchers, cowboys, and other western settlers and spread across the United States in various forms.[7] In 1925, the song was arranged as sheet music by Texas composer David W. Guion (1892–1981), who occasionally was credited as the composer.[8] The song has since gone by a number of names, the most common being "Home on the Range" and "Western Home".[9]It was officially adopted as the state song of Kansas on June 30, 1947, and is commonly regarded as the unofficial anthem of the American West.[9][10]
The most popular version of the song was the version recorded by Bing Crosby on September 27, 1933, with Lennie Hayton and his orchestra for Brunswick Records[11] which appeared in the various charts of the day.[12] This turned a little-known saddle song into a most renowned western hymn. The origin of "Home on the Range" was obscure and widely debated at the time. It was published in 1910 in Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by John Lomax, who said he learned it from a black saloonkeeper in Texas. In 1925 a sheet-music arrangement found some popularity, and in 1927 Vernon Dalhart recorded it for Brunswick Records. California's radio cowboys picked it up from him, and in 1930 Hollywood's first crooning western star, Ken Maynard, recorded the song. However, it was not until the Crosby version that the song was seen as a national anthem for the west. Its popularity led to a plagiarism suit that created a search for its background.[13]
Crosby's rendition is described by the writer Gary Giddins as transforming "a nostalgic lament into an ode to pioneering, a dream of shared history, a vaguely religious affirmation of fortitude in the face of peril". Giddins praises Crosby's subtle embellishments, which enhance the melody.[13]
Modern usage[edit]
Bing Crosby recorded the song again in 1938 and 1939.[14] Frank Sinatra also recorded the song on March 10, 1946; his version was released in Great Britain and was not available in the United States until 1993. Others who have recorded the song include Connie Francis, Gene Autry, Burl Ives, Pete Seeger, Johnnie Ray, Slim Whitman and Steve Lawrence. "Home on the Range" is often performed in programs and concerts of American patriotic music and is frequently used in plays and films. These include the 1948 film Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (sung by both Cary Grant and Myrna Loy), the 1967 off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (sung by the cast as a glee club rehearsal number), the 1980 film Where the Buffalo Roam (sung by Neil Young over the opening credits), the 2009 film The Messenger (sung by Willie Nelson over the closing credits), and the 1946 western film Colorado Serenade (sung by actor Roscoe Ates).
The song has naturally also made its way into screen shorts for children and adults, as in the 1954 Looney Tunes cartoon Claws for Alarm, where it is sung by Porky Pig. Likewise, Bugs Bunny sings the song in both The Fair-Haired Hare (1951) and Oily Hare (1952), the latter containing original lyrics specific to Texas oilmen.
In the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas, a version of this song titled "Home on the Wastes" appears, with the lyrics referring to a nice, radiation-free place to live. In the altered lyrics, the original animals mentioned in the older versions, such as buffalo, deer, antelope, and prairie dogs, are replaced with bighorners, mole rats, fire geckos, and radscorpions.
Bing Crosby recorded the song again in 1938 and 1939.[14] Frank Sinatra also recorded the song on March 10, 1946; his version was released in Great Britain and was not available in the United States until 1993. Others who have recorded the song include Connie Francis, Gene Autry, Burl Ives, Pete Seeger, Johnnie Ray, Slim Whitman and Steve Lawrence. "Home on the Range" is often performed in programs and concerts of American patriotic music and is frequently used in plays and films. These include the 1948 film Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (sung by both Cary Grant and Myrna Loy), the 1967 off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (sung by the cast as a glee club rehearsal number), the 1980 film Where the Buffalo Roam (sung by Neil Young over the opening credits), the 2009 film The Messenger (sung by Willie Nelson over the closing credits), and the 1946 western film Colorado Serenade (sung by actor Roscoe Ates).
The song has naturally also made its way into screen shorts for children and adults, as in the 1954 Looney Tunes cartoon Claws for Alarm, where it is sung by Porky Pig. Likewise, Bugs Bunny sings the song in both The Fair-Haired Hare (1951) and Oily Hare (1952), the latter containing original lyrics specific to Texas oilmen.
In the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas, a version of this song titled "Home on the Wastes" appears, with the lyrics referring to a nice, radiation-free place to live. In the altered lyrics, the original animals mentioned in the older versions, such as buffalo, deer, antelope, and prairie dogs, are replaced with bighorners, mole rats, fire geckos, and radscorpions.
Major versions compared[edit]
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Dr. Brewster Higley (1920, 1927, 1960) William and Mary Goodwin (1904) John A. Lomax (1910)
- Oh, give me a home where the Buffalo roam
- Where the Deer and the Antelope play;
- Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
- And the sky is not cloudy all day.
Home, home on the range,
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- Where the Deer and the Antelope play,
- Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
- And the sky is not cloudy all day.
- Oh! give me a land where the bright diamond sand
- Throws its light from the glittering streams,
- Where glideth along the graceful white swan,
- Like the maid in her heavenly dreams.[15]
- Chorus
- Oh! give me a gale of the Solomon vale,
- Where the life streams with buoyancy flow;
- On the banks of the Beaver, where seldom if ever,
- Any poisonous herbage doth grow.
- Chorus
- How often at night, when the heavens were bright,
- With the light of the twinkling stars
- Have I stood here amazed, and asked as I gazed,
- If their glory exceeds that of ours.
- Chorus
- I love the wild flowers in this bright land of ours,
- I love the wild curlew's shrill scream;
- The bluffs and white rocks, and antelope flocks
- That graze on the mountains so green.
- Chorus
- The air is so pure and the breezes so fine,
- The zephyrs so balmy and light,
- That I would not exchange my home here to range
- Forever in azures so bright.
- Chorus
- Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,
- Where the deer and the antelope play;
- There seldom is heard a discouraging word
- And the sky is not cloudy all day.
- Chorus
- A home, a home
- Where the deer and the antelope play,
- There seldom is heard a discouraging word
- And the sky is not cloudy all day.
- Yes, give me the gleam of the swift mountain stream
- And the place where no hurricane blows;
- Oh, give me the park where the prairie dogs bark
- And the mountain all covered with snow.
- Chorus
- Oh, give me the hills and the ring of the drills
- And the rich silver ore in the ground;
- Yes, give me the gulch where the miner can sluice
- And the bright, yellow gold can be found.
- Chorus
- Oh, give me the mine where the prospectors find
- The gold in its own native land;
- And the hot springs below where the sick people go
- And camp on the banks of the Grande.
- Chorus
- Oh, give me the steed and the gun that I need
- To shoot game for my own cabin home;
- Then give me the camp where the fire is the lamp
- And the wild Rocky Mountains to roam.
- Chorus
- Yes, give me the home where the prospectors roam
- Their business is always alive
- In these wild western hills midst the ring of the drills
- Oh, there let me live till I die.
- Chorus
- Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,
- And the deer and the antelope play,
- Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
- And the skies are not cloudy all day.
- Chorus
- Home, home on the range,
- Where the deer and the antelope play;
- Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
- And the skies are not cloudy all day.
- Where the air is so pure, the zephyrs so free,
- The breezes so balmy and light,
- That I would not exchange my home on the range
- For all of the cities so bright.
- Chorus
- The red man was pressed from this part of the West
- He's likely no more to return,
- To the banks of Red River where seldom if ever
- Their flickering camp-fires burn.
- Chorus
- How often at night when the heavens are bright
- With the light from the glittering stars
- Have I stood here amazed and asked as I gazed
- If their glory exceeds that of ours.
- Chorus
- Oh, I love these wild prairies where I roam
- The curlew I love to hear scream,
- And I love the white rocks and the antelope flocks
- That graze on the mountain-tops green.
- Chorus
- Oh, give me a land where the bright diamond sand
- Flows leisurely down the stream;
- Where the graceful white swan goes gliding along
- Like a maid in a heavenly dream.
- Chorus
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| Dr. Brewster Higley (1920, 1927, 1960) | William and Mary Goodwin (1904) | John A. Lomax (1910) |
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