Home on the Range
Home on the Range Lyrics
1st Verse:
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 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.
2nd Verse:
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 the cities so bright.
Chorus
3rd Verse:
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
4th Verse:
The red man was pressed from this part of the West,
He's likly no more to return
To the banks of Red River where seldom if ever
Their flickering campfires burn.
Chorus
5th Verse:
How often at night when the heavens are bright
With the light of the glittering stars,
Have I stood here amazed and asked as I gazed
If their glory exceeds that of ours.
Chorus
6th Verse:
Oh, I love these wild flowers in this dear land of ours;
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
7th Verse:
Then I would not exchange my 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.
Chorus
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Home on the Range Alternative Lyrics
Oh, give me a home where the bank notes roam
Where the coins and the credit cards play
I just want some cash, can you not give me that?
I only want to be paid.
Home, home in the bank
Where the coins and the credit cards play
Where often there is cash being exchanged
And the ATMs giving out cash.
Information About Home on the Range
The song "Home on the Range" is the state song of Kansas and often considered an unofficial anthem of the Wild West. The original words come from a poem called "My Western Home" and were written by Dr. Brewster M. Higley in the early 1870s in Smith County, Kansas. The poem was published in December of 1873 and given the title of "Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam."
The music for the song was written Daniel E. Kelley who was a friend of Mr. Higley and the first known performance of which was in 1873, 12 years before any record of "Colorado Home", which was just one of many local adaptations carried throughout the West by the millions of folks that passed through Kansas in the late 1800s.
""Home on the Range" is performed on various occasions in American when some kind of patriotic music is needed, and has been repeatedly used in films & plays.
The song was a favourite of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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User Comments Home on the Range (11)
By Mudia from London on 30 May 2010
iI just love this song. every time i listen to it it brings tears of joy to my eyes. its lyrics are full of joy. i think its a good song and the writers a genius.
By Karen Mcgee from United States on 18 November 2010
this is such a beautiful song! i cry every time i hear it! its a great song, its the song that i danced to at my wedding. i love it.
By Becky Hammond from United Kingdom on 18 November 2010
Really? Karen and Mudia you guys are REDICUlOUS! Thats sad that it brings tears into your eyes, like its something to cry about! that's LAME! and poor Karen, lets get it together!
By Josh from United States on 28 November 2010
Sounds like Becky from the UK is projecting some serious latent issues, or epic failing at some trolling. Nice pre-revolutionary English spelling of "ridiculous," btw.
By Carlos from Chile on 18 March 2011
Great song , nice piano play music, I suck, but is okey , I sound " redicolous" Karen have a hearth , don't troll.
By Carlos from Chile on 18 March 2011
Linda la página, muy bonitas las canciones, me encanta lleer y aprender con uds. ups. moderated this . jajajaja.
By Klaus from Austria on 24 September 2011
Very uplifting words. A place that doesn't exist anymore. The antelopes and buffalo only roam in my imaginary Shangri-La.
By Guil from United States on 28 November 2011
Racist lyrics. Nothing to be proud of. I'm sure what native Americans are left would disagree with the comments made here.
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By Jim Manson from Tasmania Australia on 9 May 2009
Well sung but listen to John Charles Thomas-the best rendition by any artist.