Modern usage īing Crosby recorded the song again in 19. It seemed likely that cowboys on the Chisolm Trail played a role in making the song known throughout several states. However, within a few months, Moanfeldt determined Higley had written the poem behind "Home on the Range", and set to music by Kelley. When Samuel Moanfeldt investigated the history of "Home on the Range" on behalf of the Music Publishers Protection Association in response to the Goodwins' 1934 lawsuit, he found another, similar song, "Colorado Home". 26, 1874, reprinted the poem below the article. The Kirwin Chief, which had published the poem Mar. 26, 1876, the Kirwin Chief published an article on the front page titled, " PLAGIARISM," accusing The Stockton News of publishing a nearly identical poem credited to a Mrs. Īs it turned out, controversy and even outright plagiarism have followed the song's lyrics since their publication. The lawsuit initiated a search for the song's background. In 1905 the couple had published "An Arizona Home", similar to "Home on the Range". Its popularity led to William and Mary Goodwin filing a suit for copyright infringement in 1934 for $500,000. Lomax reported that he had learned the song from a black saloon keeper in Texas who recalled learning it on the Chisolm Trail. 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. On September 27, 1933, Bing Crosby recorded "Home on the Range" with Lennie Hayton and his orchestra for Brunswick Records. It was officially adopted as the state song of Kansas on Jand is commonly regarded as the unofficial anthem of the American West. The song has since gone by a number of names, the most common being "Home on the Range" and "Western Home". Guion (1892–1981) arranged it as sheet music that was published by G. Ranchers, cowboys, and other western settlers adopted the song as a rural anthem and it spread throughout the United States in various forms. For instance, the original poem did not contain the words "on the range". Higley's original lyrics are similar to those of the modern version of the song, but not identical. Kelley (1808–1905), a friend of Higley and member of the Harlan Brothers Orchestra, developed a melody for the song on his guitar. Higley's cabin home is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Home on the Range Cabin.ĭaniel E. Higley was inspired by his surroundings and wrote "My Western Home", which was published in the Smith County Pioneer (KS) newspaper in 1873 or 1874 and republished Main The Kirwin Chief. 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. In 2010, members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 western songs of all time.
On June 30, 1947, "Home on the Range" became the Kansas state song. Higley (also spelled Highley) of Smith County, Kansas, wrote the lyrics as the poem "My Western Home" in 1872 or 1873, with at least one source indicating it was written as early as 1871. " Home on the Range" is a classic cowboy song, sometimes called the "unofficial anthem" of the American West. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( March 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of general references, but it remains largely unverified because it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.
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