Written as a poem by Dr. Brewster M. Higley in the early 1870s and originally published in a December 1873 issue of the Smith County Pioneer. The music was written by a friend of Higley's named Daniel E. Kelly. The song was picked up by settlers, cowboys, and others and spread across the USA. Home on the Range is the state song of Kansas. (G) Oh give me a home where the (C) buffalo roam And the (G) deer and the (A7) antelope (D7) play Where (G) seldom is heard a dis (C) couraging word And the (G) skies are not (D7) cloudy all (G) day Home, (D7) home on the (G) range Where the deer and the (A7) antelope (D7) play Where (G) seldom is heard a dis (C) couraging word And the (G) skies are not (D7) cloudy all (G) day Oh give me a land where the (C) bright diamond sand Flows (G) leisurely (A7) down the (D7) stream Where the (G) graceful white swan goes (C) gliding along Like a (G) maid in a (D7) heavenly (G) dream Home, (D7) home on the (G) range Where the deer and the (A7) antelope (D7) play Where (G) seldom is heard a dis (C) couraging word And the (G) skies are not (D7) cloudy all (G) day Where the air is so pure and the (C) zephyrs so free The (G) breezes so (A7) balmy and (D7) bright That I (G) would not exchange my (C) home on the range for (G) all the (D7) cities so (G) bright Home, (D7) home on the (G) range Where the deer and the (A7) antelope (D7) play Where (G) seldom is heard a dis (C) couraging word And the (G) skies are not (D7) cloudy all (G) day How often at ...
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