Editing Home on the Range

{{Short description|American folk song}}
{{About|the song|other uses|Home on the Range (disambiguation)}}

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"'''Home on the Range'''" ([[Roud Folk Song Index|Roud]] No. 3599) is an American [[folk song]], sometimes called the "unofficial anthem" of the [[Western United States|American West]].<ref name=":4" /> Dr. [[Brewster M. Higley]] (also spelled Highley)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kansas Memory: Dan Kelley|url=https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/212750|access-date=May 5, 2021|website=Kansas State Historical Society|id=KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212750}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kansas Memory: Dan Kelley|url=https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/212751|access-date=May 5, 2021|website=Kansas State Historical Association|id=KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212751}}</ref> of [[Smith County, Kansas]], wrote the lyrics as the poem "My Western Home" in 1872 or 1873,<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Nelson|first=William Horace|date=February 19, 1914|title=Old Smith County Song|volume=42|work=Smith County Pioneer|publisher=Nelson, Headley and Nelson|issue=21|location=Smith Center, KS|type=digitized microfiche image|url=https://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/clip/77086244/oh-give-me-a-home-where-the-buffalo/|access-date=May 5, 2021|id=Newspapers.com image 379058668}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/home-on-the-range/17165|title=Home on the Range - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society|website=Kshs.org|access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Woertendyke|first1=Howard P.|date=September 1955|title='Home on the Range' to Stay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0AEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22home+on+the+range%22+higley&pg=PA40|journal=The Rotarian|volume=87|issue=3|page=40}}</ref><ref name=":3">Moanfeldt, Samuel (May 1935). "Report of Samuel Moanfeldt of His Investigation [to the Music Publishers Protection Association]." Reprinted in Mechem, Kirke, "The Story of Home on the Range" (pp. 313-339), ''Kansas Historical Quarterly'', '''17'''(4), pp. 332-339, November 1949. https://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1949/1949november_mechem.pdf#page=24</ref><ref name=":1" /> with at least one source indicating it was written as early as 1871.<ref name=":4" />

On June 30, 1947, "Home on the Range" became the [[Kansas]] [[List of U.S. state songs|state song]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home on the Range - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/home-on-the-range/17165|access-date=2021-12-02|website=www.kshs.org}}</ref> In 2010, members of the [[Western Writers of America]] chose it as one of the Top 100 western songs of all time.<ref name="Top100">{{Cite web |title=The Top 100 Western Songs |author=Western Writers of America |year=2010 |author-link=Western Writers of America |publisher=American Cowboy |url=http://www.americancowboy.com/culture/top-100-western-songs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019002745/http://americancowboy.com/culture/top-100-western-songs |archive-date=19 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A rendition of the song is one of the seven fight songs of the [[The University of Kansas|University of Kansas]], and is traditionally played by the Marching Jayhawks university band at the end of every home athletic event. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://music.ku.edu/sights-sounds | title=Sights & Sounds }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Brewster Higley VI.jpg|right|upright|thumb|Dr. [[Brewster M. Higley]], late 19th century]]
In 1871, Higley moved from [[Indiana]] and acquired land in [[Smith County, Kansas]] under the [[Homestead Act]], living in a small cabin near West Beaver Creek.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/home-on-the-range/17165|title=Kansas Historical Society: Home on the Range|website=Kansas Historical Society}}</ref> Higley was inspired by his surroundings and wrote "My Western Home", which was published in the ''Smith County Pioneer'' (KS) newspaper in 1873<ref name=":5" /> or 1874<ref name="Pluver">{{Cite journal|author=Pulver, Florence|year=1946|title=Re: Home on the Range|journal=The Rotarian|volume=68|issue=2|pages=2&ndash;3, 54}} Dr. Spaeth accepted this later {{harvnb|Spaeth|1948|page=205}}</ref> and republished March 21, 1874 in ''The'' ''Kirwin Chief''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><!--

Newspaper title misspelled ''The "Kirwan" News'' at newspapers.com as of May 3, 2021.

-->  Higley's cabin home is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the [[Home on the Range Cabin]].

Daniel E. Kelley (1843–1905), a friend of Higley and member of the Harlan Brothers Orchestra, developed a melody for the song on his guitar.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/home-on-the-range/17165|title=Home on the Range|website=Kansas Historical Society}}</ref> Higley's original lyrics are similar to those of the modern version of the song, but not identical. For instance, the original poem did not contain the words "on the range".<ref name="Pluver" /> Ranchers, cowboys, and other western settlers adopted the song as a rural anthem and it spread throughout the United States in various forms.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Spaeth |first= Sigmund Gottfried|year=1948|title=A History of Popular Music in America|publisher=Random House|location=New York|page=205}}</ref> In 1925, Texas composer [[David W. Guion]] (1892–1981) arranged it as sheet music that was published by [[G. Schirmer, Inc.|G. Schirmer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/home-on-the-range/17165|title=Kansas Historical Society: Home on the Range History|date=April 2017|website=Kansas Historical Society}}</ref> The song has since gone by a number of names, the most common being "Home on the Range" and "Western Home".<ref name="Silber">{{Cite book|editor=Silber, Irwin|year=1967|title=Songs of the Great American West|publisher=Macmillan|location=New York|pages=221–223|oclc=1268417}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Silber" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |author=Harris, Cecilia |date=2014 |title=A Symbolic State: Home on the Range |journal=Kansas! Magazine |volume=2014 |issue=Spring |pages=17&ndash;26, page 19 |url=http://www.regionalmagazines.org/downloads/competition/KANSASmag-2014-ctgy12-PhotoSeries.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205919/http://www.regionalmagazines.org/downloads/competition/KANSASmag-2014-ctgy12-PhotoSeries.pdf |archive-date=12 August 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 August 2014 }}</ref>

On September 27, 1933, [[Bing Crosby]] recorded "Home on the Range" with [[Lennie Hayton]] and his orchestra for [[Brunswick Records]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Bing Crosby Discography|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/crosby1a.html|website=BING magazine|publisher=International Club Crosby|access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research inc|location=Wisconsin|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/104 104]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/104}}</ref> At the time, the origins of "Home on the Range" were obscure and widely debated, although it had been published in 1910 in folklorist [[John Lomax]]'s ''Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads.''<ref name=":6" /> Lomax reported that he had learned the song from a black saloon keeper in Texas who recalled learning it on the [[Chisholm Trail]].<ref name=":3" /> Its popularity led to William and Mary Goodwin filing a suit for copyright infringement in 1934 for $500,000. In 1905 the couple had published "An Arizona Home", similar to "Home on the Range".<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Mecham|first=Kirke|date=November 1949|title=The Story of Home on the Range|url=https://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1949/1949november_mechem.pdf|journal=Kansas Historical Quarterly|volume=17|issue=4|pages=313–339|access-date=May 4, 2021}}</ref>  The lawsuit initiated a search for the song's background.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Giddins">{{cite book|last1=Giddins|first1=Gary|title=A Pocketful of Dreams|date=2001|publisher=Little, Brown & Co.|location=New York|isbn=0-316-88188--0|pages=338–339|url=https://archive.org/details/bingcrosbypocket00gidd_0}}</ref>

As it turned out, controversy and even outright plagiarism have followed the song's lyrics since their publication.  On Feb. 26, 1876, the ''Kirwin Chief'' published an article on the front page titled, "'''PLAGIARISM,'''" accusing ''The Stockton'' ''News''<!--

Indexed as ''The Western News'' at newspapers.com as of May 3, 2021.

--> of publishing a nearly identical poem credited to a Mrs. Emma Race of Raceburgh, KS.  The ''Kirwin Chief'', which had published the poem Mar. 26, 1874, reprinted the poem below the article.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=February 26, 1876|title=PLAGIARISM|volume=3|page=1|work=The Kirwin Chief|publisher=W. D. & C F. Jenkins, Proprietors|issue=14|location=KS|editor-last=Jenkins|editor-first=Will D.|url=https://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=19597870&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjM4MTU4NDk0MSwiaWF0IjoxNjIwMDcxMTcyLCJleHAiOjE2MjAxNTc1NzJ9.WZXLr-pyZvVGpnFLdOG-bltTGKNYe0Ke6UjDyIFggfM|access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref><!--The Kirwin Chief's proprietor's name C F. Jenkins does NOT appear to have a period after the C; one does not appear on this printing or on the March 23, 1876 edition.
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The Kirwin Chief's proprietor other proprietor, and editor, was W.D. Jenkins. Pletcher (1960) lists W.D. Jenkins as an early owner of the Smith County Pioneer, with Will D. Jenkins, Jr. purchasing the paper in 1874 (p.108).
--> When Samuel Moanfeldt investigated the history of "Home on the Range" on behalf of the [[National Music Publishers' Association|Music Publishers Protection Association]] in response to the Goodwins' 1934 lawsuit, he found another, similar song, "Colorado Home". However, within a few months, Moanfeldt determined Higley had written the poem behind "Home on the Range", and set to music by Kelley. It seemed likely that cowboys on the Chisholm Trail played a role in making the song known throughout several states.<ref name=":3" />

==Modern usage==
Bing Crosby recorded the song again in 1938 and 1939.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Bing Crosby Discography|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/crosby1bDecca.html|website=BING magazine|access-date=November 23, 2015}}</ref> [[Frank Sinatra]] also recorded the song on March 10, 1946, and his version was released in Great Britain but was not available in the United States until 1993. Others who have recorded the song include [[John Charles Thomas]], [[Connie Francis]], [[Gene Autry]], [[Boxcar Willie]], [[Burl Ives]], [[Pete Seeger]], [[Johnnie Ray]], [[Slim Whitman]], [[Steve Lawrence]] and [[Tori Amos]]. "Home on the Range" is often performed in programs and concerts of [[American patriotic music]] and is frequently used in plays and films. The song is also the theme opening music for the early Western films starring Ray "Crash" Corrigan and his two co-stars in their movie roles as "The Three Mesqueteers".

It is also featured in the 1937 screwball comedy ''[[The Awful Truth]]'' (sung by [[Irene Dunne]] and [[Ralph Bellamy]]), 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),<ref>{{citation |title= You're a Good Show, 'Charlie Brown' |first= Nelson |last= Pressley |date= November 1, 2000 |newspaper= Washington Post |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/11/01/youre-a-good-show-charlie-brown/2d039a78-053f-408e-83c8-cd52ef1f6017/ |access-date=2021-02-10}}</ref> the 1980 film ''[[Where the Buffalo Roam]]'' (sung by [[Neil Young]] over the opening credits), the 2009 film ''[[The Messenger (2009 film)|The Messenger]]'' (sung by [[Willie Nelson]] over the closing credits), and the 1946 [[Western (genre)|western]] film ''Colorado Serenade'' (sung by actor [[Roscoe Ates]]). Actor [[Harry Dean Stanton]] (as the angel "Gideon") sings an excerpt from his mid-tree perch in the 1985 film ''[[One Magic Christmas]]'' as well as in the 1988 [[David Lynch]] short film, ''[[The Cowboy and the Frenchman]]''. A parody version is sung by villainous [[poaching|poacher]] Percival McLeach in the 1990 animated film ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'', where he alters the lyrics to describe his [[skinning]] of animals.

The song has 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.

The song is used in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Lisa's Substitute]]" (1991) in which Lisa is inspired by a substitute teacher who dresses as a cowboy and sings the song with commentary. It was also used on the ''[[Shining Time Station]]'' episode "A Dog's Life."<ref>{{citation |title= The Voice Is Familiar but I Can't Place the Overbite |first= Anita |last= Gates |date= December 5, 1993 |work= New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/05/movies/television-the-voice-is-familiar-but-i-can-t-place-the-overbite.html |access-date= 2020-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= The Best of Dustin Hoffman: 20 Essential Roles |last= Fear |first= David |date= August 8, 2017 |magazine= Rolling Stone |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/the-best-of-dustin-hoffman-20-essential-roles-111037/the-simpsons-lisas-substitute-1991-198267/ |access-date= 2020-04-22}}</ref>

It made an appearance on ''[[GLOW (TV series)|GLOW]]'' when Debbie Eagan (played by [[Betty Gilpin]]) sang a portion in the fourth episode of the second season.<ref>{{citation |title= 'GLOW' Season 2 Soundtrack: All the '80s Tracks from the Netflix Show's Second Round |first= Steve |last= Greene |date= June 30, 2018 |work= IndieWire |url= https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/glow-soundtrack-songs-season-2-netflix-1201975994/ |access-date= 2021-03-04}}</ref>

[[Vikingarna (band)|Vikingarna]] recorded an instrumental version of the song on the 1981 album ''[[Kramgoa låtar 9]]'' , entitled "Home on the Ranch".<ref>{{SMDB|id=001887737|name=Kramgoa låtar 9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/476401|title=Kramgoa låtar 9|publisher=Discogs|language=English|accessdate=2 September 2021}}</ref>

An instrumental version of the song was used in the 2011 video game, ''[[Rage (video game)|Rage]]''.

In 2016, the American [[progressive rock]] band [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] released a version of the song as a bonus track on their album ''[[The Prelude Implicit]]''.

In 2017, a [[docudrama]] was released that told the story of the song's origins and the lawsuit from the 1930s that finally concluded the authorship of the song. The film was produced by the People's Heartland Foundation and Lone Chimney Films and featured actors [[Buck Taylor]], [[Rance Howard]], [[Darby Hinton]], and the voice of the [[Kansas City Chiefs]], [[Mitch Holthus]]. The film also included music contributed by [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]], [[Sons of the Pioneers]], [[Michael Martin Murphey]], and others. The film was directed by Ken Spurgeon and aired on regional PBS stations.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In 2020, the American show ''[[Better Call Saul]]'' referenced the song when Kevin Wachtell, played by [[Rex Linn]] depicted the western lifestyle behind his father's bank, Mesa Verde

In 2024, Filipino actor [[Derrick Monasterio]] released a version of the song as a track on their album ''[[Pulang_Araw#Music|Pulang Araw: Official Soundtrack]].''

==Major versions compared==
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See Mecham (1949)<ref name=":1" /> for a discussion of differences in lyrics amongst sources as well as definitions of terms.
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'''"Oh, Give Me a Home on The Range"'''

Poem by [[Brewster Higley|Dr. Brewster Higley]]

''Smith County Pioneer'', 1873 / 1914

Levi Moris<ref name="Pletcher">{{cite thesis |type=MA |last=Pletcher |first=Vera Edith Crosby |date=1960 |title=A History of Smith County, Kansas to 1960 |publisher=Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science|url=https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/25423 |format=PDF |place=Manhattan, KS |id=k-state Filename: LD2668T41960P54.pdf |quote-page=230 }}</ref><ref group="Note" name="Note01" /> / W. H. Nelson, Editors<ref name=":5" /></div>

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'''"Western Home"'''

Poem by [[Brewster Higley|Dr Higley]]

''The Kirwin Chief'', 1874 / 1876

W. D. Jenkins, Editor<ref name=":2" /></div>

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'''"A Home on the Range"'''

''Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads''

[[John Lomax|John A. Lomax]], ed., 1910<ref name=":6">{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu11954965&view=1up&seq=67|title=Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads|publisher=Sturgis & Walton Company|year=1910|editor-last=Lomax|editor-first=John A.|location=New York|pages=39–43|chapter=A Home on The Range|lccn=10030589|oclc=7288334|access-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref></div>

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(Lyrics as printed, pp.&nbsp;39–40. Sheet music, pp.&nbsp;41–43, includes first verse and "refrain".</div>
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:Where the deer and antelope play,
Where never is heard a discouraging word
:And the sky is not clouded all day.
::Chorus—
A home, a home where the deer and the antelope play,
:Where never is heard a discouraging word
And the sky is not clouded all day.{{Break}}
Oh, give me the gale of the Solomon vale,
:Where light streams with buoyancy flow,
On the banks of the Beaver, where seldom if ever,
:Any poisonous herbage doth grow.
::Chorus—
Oh, give me the land where the bright diamond sand
:Throws light from its glittering stream,
Where glideth along the graceful white swan
:Like a maid in her heavenly dream
::Chorus—
I love these wild flowers in this bright land of ours,
:I love, too, the curlew's wild scream,
The bluffs of white rocks and antelope flocks
:That graze on our hillsides so green.
::Chorus—
How often at night, when the heavens are bright
:By the light of the glittering stars,
Have I stood there amazed and asked as I gazed
:If their beauty exceeds this of ours.
::Chorus—
The air is so pure the breezes so light,
:The zephyrs so balmy at night,
I would not exchange my home here to range
:Forever in azure so bright.
::Chorus—</poem>
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Oh! give me a home where the Buffalo roam,
Where the Deer and the Antelope play;
Where never is heard a discouraging word,
And the sky is not clouded all day.
:[''Chorus''] A home! A home!
Where the Deer and the Antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the sky is not clouded all day

Oh! give me 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.
:[''Chorus''] A home! A home!

Oh! give me a gale of the Solomon vale,
Where the life streams with buoyancy flow;
Or the banks of the Beaver, where seldom if ever,
Any poisonous herbage doth grow.
:[''Chorus''] A home! A home!

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 exceed that of ours.
:[''Chorus''] A home! A home!

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''] A home! A home!

The air is so pure and the breezes so free,
The zephyrs so balmy and light,
That I would not exchange my home here to range,
Forever in azures so bright.
:[''Chorus''] A home! A home!
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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.

: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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

: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.
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==In popular culture==
The first and sixth verses of [[John A. Lomax]]'s 1910 version, "A Home on the Range", are heard in the "[[Glee Club]] [[Rehearsal]]" sequence of the [[Broadway musical]] ''[[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]''.<ref>Glee Club Rehearsal (''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' 1999 Broadway Revival), ''YouTube'', posted September 8, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maRt61fmu7U</ref>

The well-known first verse and chorus are covered in a season four episode of ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''. The first verse was also covered in an episode of another Disney Channel sitcom, ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'', at the end of the episode "The Break Up".

An arrangement of the song is included in most [[Casio]] [[electronic keyboard]]s. <ref>Casio Demo Songs - 016 HOME ON THE RANGE, ''YouTube'', posted January 2, 2019, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6yfF8BRZInc</ref>

In ''[[The Wacky World of Tex Avery]]'', an animated series only very loosely connected to the famous cartoonist [[Tex Avery|Fred "Tex" Avery]], an instrumental version is used as the theme to the segment featuring an animated cowboy character also named "Tex Avery".

==Explanatory notes==
{{Reflist|group=Note|refs=
<ref name=Note01>Pletcher (1960), claimed to reprint the poem "Home on the Range" as it appeared in an 1873 edition of the ''Smith County Pioneer'' and provided the ''Pioneer''{{'}}s editor's name; no source was given for either. Also, Pletcher gave the editor's name as Levi Morris (p. 230) but noted the ''Pioneer''{{'}}s owner's name was Levi Morrell (p. 106), also spelling the name Morrill (p. 47).  Could Morris and Morrell/Morrill have been the same person?</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Cite web|author=Lickteig, Steve|date=29 April 2002|title=Home on the Range, Present at the Creation |publisher=NPR (National Public Radio) |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/homeontherange/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206041650/http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/homeontherange/|archive-date=6 February 2007|url-status=dead}} {{Cite web|title=Home on the Range, Present at the Creation (audio clip)|publisher=NPR (National Public Radio) |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1142515}}
* {{Cite web|author=McCool, John|date=25 May 2004|title=Roam Is Where The Heart Is (Day in History: June 30, 1947)|publisher=Kansas History Online|url=http://www.kansashistoryonline.org/ksh/ArticlePage.asp?artid=111|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621124444/http://www.kansashistoryonline.org/ksh/ArticlePage.asp?artid=111|archive-date=21 June 2007|url-status=dead}}
* (for additional history) {{Cite web|url=http://www.ku.edu/heritage/kssights/range.htm |title=Kansas Sights: 'Home on the Range'|publisher=University of Kansas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040712025424/http://www.kansasheritage.org/kssights/range.htm|archive-date=12 July 2004|url-status=dead}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306154803/http://remarkableohio.org/index.cfm?action=search_markers.marker_details&marker_id=491 Brewster Higley Ohio Historical Marker]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721200327/http://www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/history.php?id=20 Home on the Range Cabin], cabin near [[Athol, Kansas]] where the song ''Home on the Range'' was written.
* [http://www.traditional-songs.com/download_score.php?name=Home%20on%20the%20range&country=Usa The sheet music]
* [http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=56567 free-scores.com]

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