HOME ON THE RANGE (MY WESTERN HOME) - ORIGINAL 1874 LYRICS - Tom Roush

Dr. Brewster Higley, an otolaryngologist, wrote the lyrics to this song in 1873 soon after arriving in Kansas. His brother in law, a fiddler, later put the words to music.As you will hear, the original chorus was different from today's versions.

[@janinebelot4625]

I had a farm... with antelopes roaming , I miss so much the beauty of it all .

[@franserdtsieck3019]

Beautiful American folksongs, we love them right here in Holland..logging for the vast spaces in the USA. Love from The Netherlands

[@spingleboygle]

150 years later, still beautiful.

[@Oct131917]

As a Kansan living in Maine this song makes me homesick

[@letteringkwok9889]

No prouder group of people that ever stood infant of a camera. So determined, they build with no complaints.

[@laurenceplace9775]

When I was a kid 1948 my father sang this song while shaving!

[@dave.breitweiser3233]

Those old folk songs are forgotten and people that put them on you tube are definitely do a great service for us old folk

[@preese43]

My mother was raised in a sod house similar to those shown in these slides. Raised in western Kansas near a town that no longer exists there.

[@argee36]

My dad's favorite song. If he were still alive, he would have loved this rendition by Tom. Beautiful.

[@CarlDenbow]

My Dad loved this song, too. It may not have been his top favorite, but it was one of his most liked songs. I can still hear him singing it while we would drive in the family car on a summer vacation. He didn’t know these original lyrics. He basically sang the first verse and chorus of a slightly altered more modern version. One of the other songs he like to sing on car trips was “Marching Through Georgia.”

[@annechan9966]

M2

[@edgyusername1269]

You are your dad, as are your male grandchildren if you have them. God bless.

[@roshneed123]

@@CarlDenbow Same with my grandpa

[@ukieflip]

Same with my dad. He often played it on his harmonica.

[@johnrexdelariarte6066]

I grew up in the Philippines and every night my grandma use to sing me this song. Now I’m here in Canada, she’s sick in the Philippines. I miss her. I just wanna hug her right now.

[@shrektacular3878]

god bless you ❤

[@Marlenebanday]

My great aunt taught me this song when I was a child. She was born in the 1890’s. The photos set to this music is so moving. I feel so indebted to these brave pioneers who sacrificed for us. God has been so generous to us. May we be grateful to Him for all He has given us and may He have mercy on our country. I pray people turn back to Him.

[@volkerke5315]

I learned this song at school in Germany, 1972. I was maybe 11 or 12 years old. All the kids loved this song. Greetings from Germany!

[@rldannang]

I'm from the Philippines. This song is so nostalgic to me. It reminds me of my father, who used to sing this when I was a kid. He learned this song from the early Episcopalian missionaries in the Cordilleras. Missed him so much...

[@niceperson6412]

I am not a native American, but I learned this song when I was in extracurricular English class outside of school. I was so inspired by what the song described. After many years, I landed in the US, although I've been to Kansas I definitely saw similar scenery in other states. The world is full of magic and I am happy I live into it.

[@michaelkingsbury4305]

A song from Oklahoma.

[@niceperson6412]

@@michaelkingsbury4305 Thanks Micheal for the information. I know little about the origin.

[@tanyamccord7422]

No, it is the State Song of Kansas. It is not from Oklahoma. It was my Dad"s favorite song.

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

Yes, Colorado fits this song so well. A beautiful land.

[@Vorenus-cs7sn]

The author Dr. Martin Higley was born in Ohio, wrote this song while living in Kansas, and died in Oklahoma. It is a song of America.

[@eduardobraivein8496]

By far THE BEST RENDITION OF THIS SONG. This is how it SHOULD BE SUNG! Greetings from Israel.

[@j0kercentral551]

Greetings from Kansas

[@shelll9254]

I couldn't have said it better!!!✌️💗 USA

[@spingleboygle]

greetings from galaxy A-X-72-H

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

Anthem for 2023. This was the first song I ever learned back in the 70s. Epic

[@christianbonneau5681]

I live in Nevada and what I love most about this state, is looking across the Dayton Valley with the surrounding mountains, looking up at the clear blue sky as it fades into a point at the end of the valley and at night listening to the silence of the desert and taking in the beauty of being in the desert at night because there is something special about it that makes you feel very small.

[@hilaryapril7043]

The desert is beautiful...I'm in the sonoran....southern AZ....Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is incredible!!

[@tyleralexander3936]

Also from Nevada, and Dayton Valley too! Beautiful land to call home

[@spingleboygle]

why do i feel the urge to live in the desert

[@BusterKitten]

in the late 50s, early 60s we'd sing so many of these American folk songs in grade school. Listening to Tom sing these songs brings back a lot of fond memories of those sweet times we had.

[@nxtgnmstr1961]

You were lucky; when I went to grade school they made us sing Octopus's Garden by The Beatles and I HATED it; still do, actually never liked that song.

[@maisies927]

I remember in the 60s. I used to love when some of the folks in Idaho would get together and sing these songs. My favorite memories of my childhood. With fishing too, of course.

[@bettierusso5410]

WOW! I love this song, but what is striking to me is the number of SMILES on their faces in these pictures! A photograph in those days took at least 10 minutes to take and was prohibitively expensive. In almost all of the pictures in those days, the people generally did not have smiles on their faces. It is such a joy to see the pioneer families with pride and happiness on their faces. When you work for your home, you have earned smiles!

[@xicheng2023]

This song immediately pictures a vast grand Prarie of western life in my mind. Luckily I've been to the west with my family few years ago. Love from Beijing!

[@PreciousBoxer]

That was a different time, several generations ago. This song was obviously written in admiration of such a time way back then. Well before the myth of an American Dream, which even back then was considered surreal.

[@sachseco]

Loved the old photos from the past. those folks were tough!

[@user-ky1tv7vh2y]

１９５０年代、中学校で習った習った曲一生懸命英語も練習し懐かしい曲です。アーリーアメリカンは素朴だったのですネ。

[@donmcneil8285]

Love the pictures!Tom Roush was a hell of a singer!

[@jamesorth6460]

Today 1/29/2024 Kansas day, glad there are many enjoying the Kansas state song, thanks Tom for your wonderful rendition

[@florinmoldovanu]

so many faces unknown, stories will never be told,

[@yvanitawielinga6644]

My first song I learned from my brother Ron when I was 6 years old! It made a big impression on me! I still love the song now I am 73 years old! But what shocked me were the pictures from the people who lived on those ranges. The houses look so poor! Not romantic at all! Lots of love from HollandXXX

[@Mus3122]

I am not a western,but I love this song very much...it gives me goosebumps 😍

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

Remember, all Westerners used to be from the East. . . it was the beauty, peace, quiet, and plenty of the West that lured them to that open land.

[@Your_Average_NCR_Trooper]

If you go back far enough most people in the US are from the east actually everybody because humans originated in Africa

[@mariaanglin9543]

I grew in the Philippines and we've been singing this at young til now I'm a grandma I still sing it. Now I'm here in the this blessed country every one comes to stay. Thanks God 😊

[@harrisonwestphall2381]

I am as dirty as a city boy as you'd think, but I love this song! So sad and peaceful.

After listening to this song (which we've heard many times) my Wife and I took a drive out on the Praire here in Central Montana and heard the song of the Curlew and a herd of Antelope. Life is Good!

[@JoneseyBonesey]

Thank You! Your tempo fits the lyrics so well. The photos and graphics make a great backdrop too.

[@jciamretired9767]

your voice, the music , the lyrics, the old photos.......perfect combo, what else do we need :)

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thanks, jc!!

[@edwardamosbrandwein3583]

@@MusicOfTomRoush congrats, sir! The more I listen to this and all your other songs, my eyes get filled with tears!

[@DomeDweller]

What a pure, pure song. Thank you.

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thank you!!!!

[@cowboy87smith3]

This a beautiful song and I am glad it's here to be enjoyed by so many. The original words make me understand what the pioneers saw about the Western lands I am proud of where I come from in New Mexico.

[@nealdalton1576]

New Mexico too hot for me but its a beautiful place

[@brazosbear4593]

@@nealdalton1576 Actually New Mexico has a varied climate, from cool mountains up to 13k+ feet to the Chihuahuan deserts, and everything in between.

[@felypantulia2430]

Beautiful song if yesterday

[@felypantulia2430]

❤

[@carshowlady]

In 1839, the company I used to work for, the owner & a friend of his, whom he was nursing along at the time, (Anheuser Busch), used to shoot wild game from his office window in St. Louis... Simple times....your beautiful sing & play here just took me back to that point in time...Roll on, Mississippi...Roll On....THANK you for this

[@kjmay2178]

I always loved this song and this version is so beautiful. It makes me feel better during these awful times, just thinking about what our ancestors faced with such strength. Thank you for this.

[@karel612]

Dit melancholieke cowboy `s nummer leerde we bij de Engelse les. En is me altijd bij gebleven ( ook nu nog na 70 jaar ) Jos Willemse

[@user-jl8nd7bn9i]

Thank you from the korea. My heart is warm and very happy.

[@tbthomas5117]

Tom is a hidden treasure. I've been coming back to his catalog of classics for decades (at least it seems so). Thank you Tom.

[@jackcarter5101]

Indeed, he is sadly missed.

[@jmrodas9]

Beautiful old western song. I always have liked it since I first heard it in another version when I was a child. Who of us does to wish a home of his own when we are young and unattached? The video is very good too and well suited to the song.

[@verahoh9040]

Yes,I learnt these songs in the primary school days,still bring back those fond,nostalgic memories.Thank you

[@tumsakul4931]

Me too..from Bangkok Thailand, way back 70 Years ago.

[@zhangtianyucn]

Thank you. From China. It's my favorite american folk : )

[@j0kercentral551]

Greetings from Kansas

[@marciabibbo2384]

Thank you, friend.

[@nealdalton1576]

You know any good chinese songs and thanks be careful regards from West Virginia

[@disabledgoose8264]

thanks for the virus

[@katherinemcavoy5123]

I wish u luck and take care and I hope ur safe from the corona virus

[@wfr1108]

When America was American. I wish it was that way again.

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

You spoke my thoughts so well.

[@Orcus__]

What does this even mean

[@wfr1108]

@@Orcus__ Use your head, swarthoid. America was 89% white in 1960. In the youngest generation today, it's under 50%. America is a white nation, and that heritage is being destroyed in a long and drawn out demographic erasure.

[@ryanhoward3383]

Well I think it means back in the 19th century. When workers had few to know rights and worked long hours for little pay. Women couldn't vote. Children worked in factories in mines instead of going to school. The US government kicked the Native Americans off their land and force them into reservations. Slavery existed of course after the Civil War you had the Jim Crow laws replacing slavery. People were basically decimating populations of wildlife causing extinctions. They shot people shot Buffalo for fun for example as well as other animals.

[@Whispistired]

​@@Orcus__ Seriously what the hell are they talking about

[@infantinofan]

Beautiful! Evokes an era long gone.

[@dogloverlcp]

Happy Kansas Day, 2020! My beautiful state and state song!

[@Nordigoistired]

Fun fact about this the dude who wrote the original Home on the Range/ My western home (Brewster Higley) is distantly related to me (notgivingoutmyname Higley)

[@josephnam8004]

It is good enough to recall my childhood we loved this song much.

[@vernondavenport6252]

Thanks to all the foreign friends who love traditional American songs. I respect you far more than the Americans who forget or hate their own culture.

[@serzhranimed9563]

Thank you. From Russia.

[@virvisquevir3320]

sergei paranichev - Peace, brother.

[@ChelseaH1]

sergei paranichev Love to Russia! =)

[@nealdalton1576]

I heard your country is very beautiful never been though and thank you.

[@andreabuhler1397]

Сергей, тогда он был еще жив с несколькими долларами. Но я рад, что вам нравится страна как русская. :-)

[@andreabuhler1397]

Sergey, togda on byl yeshche zhiv s neskol'kimi dollarami. No ya rad, chto vam nravitsya strana kak russkaya. :-)

[@myingthungotungoe7148]

the people in the pictures look so happy and content, so long gone now

[@jmannky402]

good to see you're putting these songs back where they belong! keep em for future generations to come!

[@ryanhernandez1877]

As a child of the new generation, I do appreciate it! Thank you, good sirs.

[@nealdalton1576]

AND copyright striked

[@davidhui7791]

Home On The Range 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 Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day How often at night when the heavens are bright With the light from the glittering stars Have I stood there amazed and asked as I gazed， If their glory exceeds that of ours Home, home on the range家， Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam

[@boyolanday5089]

Every time it’s hard for me to sleep . I listen to this music repeatedly. This is my fave Lullaby. Try it yourself. 💤

[@antoniakraljevic7303]

When I hear that song I feel like a kid again, all my worries are gone Thx

[@canman5060]

One of the popular song in China during the 19th century.

[@Scatman051]

Tom........greetings from India!!..... you bring nostalgia and melancholy for far-away guys like me. Thanks to you, your effort and yout-tube......you guys makes this possible. Hats Off!!

[@ciscornBIG]

Awww :)

[@emmydeppe9391]

With a taste of the Buffalo bourbon I have to think at my dad, when he was in a good mood he always sung this song and at his funeral we played this song for him. I It was in the Netherlands

[@pamelabeaton6667]

Now I know why my father held onto this song so lovingly. As now I have found the whole story which is so precious. Thankyou. I cry as he did but never understood such love, from our creator, we all need soooo much of this now.

[@gerardovelez7186]

We used to sing this song during our Elementary days 60 years ago...memories.

[@michaelhalsall5684]

Beautiful old song! Thanks for giving the us the original lyrics! Greetings from Australia.

[@eclat438]

Brings back my primary school days and our music teacher including some old long lost touch classmates. Thank you, Tom and also for the Little Brown Jug and My grandfather's Clock.

[@edcnskully4988]

My mother and I used to sing this every time we pulled into the driveway when I was a kid 😂

[@dbkyhere9229]

Thank you for reminding me of singing this in my grade school years. I give praise to all of our ancestors who moved west for freedom, and a better life, met with perilous Times, yet with love to their families, with great courage they endured . God bless the memory of those who didn’t make it.❤️🇺🇸

[@toro5338]

I read how this simple but beautiful song was originally created. So I learned about who wrote the poem first, about who (perhaps using only the base notes) he musicalized it, and to understand the reason, well, having been several times in your beautiful country, it's easy. Kansas official song ! So I really appreciate your work to keep your roots alive 🇺🇸👍🔝 !!! Best regards from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@user-vk2tv7zp7k]

Dear Tom, when I was young, I had a book called " Voices of America".(You see, I was born in the USSR) It was my favourite song from this book. Прожить бы весь век средь просторов и рек, где кочует бизон и олень, где птиц голоса, где светлы небеса, где светлы небеса целый день. Oh, how can I put it into words? Motherland! I think we understand each other. And pardon my English))

[@yumchickens5676]

My family is from the USSR too!

[@user-lv8ki5vd1i]

hello everyone from the modern Russia, I hope someday I will be able to visit America

[@user-vk2tv7zp7k]

@@user-lv8ki5vd1i а "modern "зачем? Пытаешься откреститься от чего-то, земляк?

[@JohnStJohn-vz6ux]

ccffxcccc vv

[@ballenboy]

@@user-vk2tv7zp7k USA founded in 1789, still the same republic. Russia since 1789 has went through many versions since then. Modern Russia is still young.

[@mickomenezes7708]

Thank from An Indian from India ,living in Britain , my favourite American folk !

[@tanyachristy7920]

Very weird - it feels as if I were living in those times and growing up with this music and this beautiful language.

[@radrich4873]

Believe it or not ? Believe it!

[@DomeDweller]

We've all lived before, some many many times, before we realize what really matters in this world. Then we ascend.

[@MackBanjo23]

There is a word for that feeling. It's called Hiraeth. "A blend of homesickness, nostalgia and longing, "hiraeth" is a pull on the heart that conveys a distinct feeling of missing something irretrievably lost." This could be a longing for a place, a person or anything really. In this case it's an era.

[@johnkim9570]

너무 너무 좋아요 내 어린시절 학교에서 음악 시간에 듣던 아름다운 노래입니다 고맙습니다.

[@sarahhall738]

My great grandmother was on the Canadian plains just like those pictures they were in Winniepegg before the railroad but a shooting accident in New York killed her father so they came back to the UK

[@joseargandona5062]

I heard this song in the movie "I loved a woman" 1933 wirh EGR and soon got catch up with the tune. Nice

[@khaccanhle1930]

It reminds me of driving from N Dakota to Montana, and what town should I pass? Home on the Range. Wow! It really does exist!

[@superduck6456]

The funny thing is that this song is about Kansas.

[@user-cw4yn6gi4p]

懐かしい演奏を聴かせて頂きましてありがとうございます。懐かしくて涙が出てきました、これからも良き音楽を聴かせてくださいますようお願い致します。

[@jonathanwhiteside816]

My great grandparents were pioneers in Canada. The built a chicken coop first and lived in it while they built their log cabin

[@trumpsupporter7772]

Thank you from Germany - wonderful

[@mikeseigle5560]

My relatives of the generation highlighted by these pictures in Kansas were poor but hopeful. Unlike their relatives in Europe, they owned land and that made them Captains of their own destiny.

[@Mamamadness]

What a beautiful song

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thank you,. Desi

[@dancochrane617]

Thanks. This song is beautiful. Excellent voices and playing.

[@kamalramdass1429]

What an asome beginning of American history in de making I know how it going to end sad,how few that calls themselves Americans really cared about their soul,stuff celestial&divine....

[@mvlder]

Thanks for uploading these songs back. You're doing a real service to future generations and music lovers alike. Really appreciate your effort.I'm sure a lot of people would be really pleased If you could upload the other songs too ya know like Nell and I, Oh Susanna,Old folks at home just to name a few. Thanks again! :)

[@joopresents7740]

My favourite song ❤️❤️❤️

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Hank you, Joo!

[@hcampbell6059]

Thomas Hammond Roush gave up his Spirit to God. He was the son of Bert Roush and Stella Roush. Tom was born and raised In Barberville, West Virginia in 1955. Tom loved to spend his summer days in Ohio. 1955 --2021

[@disabledgoose8264]

One day we shall return, and those 14 great words will ring true to all.

[@followerofjulian1652]

Of your many beautiful recordings, I think might be the best! I always find great solace and comfort in this performance. Many thanks to all involved -- especially Dr. Higley's talented brother-in-law.

[@matthewtorok-smith1967]

Absolutely loved the old pictures from the 1800s Also very interesting to know that the original song was not racist.

[@user-jb9dn4tv7y]

I love american old folk songs and Tom Roush I love too your warm and beatiful style of sinnginng. From japan Koki Kojima say.

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thank you!

[@tommyvasec5216]

I like the photographs from the past. In fact, the people in those pictures dressed better than us today! :-)

[@italia689]

At most, those people would have been photographed twice a year. Of course they wore their best clothes for such an event!

[@tommyvasec5216]

@@italia689So true! This is like an Instagram from the past.

[@Wickedninja7878]

I agree, but I love my gym shorts and band t shirts after a long day. So cozy

[@jmrodas9]

Not only a great song but the video has some very good pictures too. It makes me think how the life of those people who moved to the west in the XIX Century lived in those vast western plains.

[@elizabethwatkins2773]

i grew up on these songs

[@shinchandebolaguria6122]

Very beautiful song.😊😃

[@JumpingBamboo]

Of the arrangements I've listened to, I like this the most. The background strings add depth, the pace is moving but gentle, and the song retains a folk sound. I'm not sure I like the use of the glockenspiel towards the end.

[@eduardobrandwaiman342]

Thanks Tom for posting this wonderful piece of Americana in its original 1874 version. And this HOW THIS SONG SHOULD BE PERFORMED!

[@higgs7437]

thanks from korea wonderful! 🇰🇷

[@bumeegabentharavithana2572]

The best, this is the beauty of music ..

[@rockythewerepuppy2253]

Lovely song song

[@marciabibbo2384]

My old Wyoming home- it will always be.

[@user-vk2tv7zp7k]

мой милый Том, я буду любить тебя всегда вечно!

[@Your_Average_NCR_Trooper]

I just realized that if the pioneers didn’t go out west my life would be much different

[@ritalawson7020]

Gorgeous ❤❤❤ didnt know these other verses before

[@orangecat1522]

Superb lyrics, supreme composition, splendid rendition! The good old west and good old time.

[@Earthdogbonzo3]

A beautiful song! Pure American!

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thank You!!

[@ithoughtshewas18]

We would sing this song in Music class. Scotland of the East ☺✌