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- "Home on the Range," the state song of Kansas since 1947, was composed by violinist Daniel Kelley with text by otolaryngologist Dr. Brewster Higley.
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Brewster M. Higley (also spelled Highley) [2] [3] of Smith County, Kansas, wrote the lyrics as the poem "My Western Home" in 1872 or 1873, [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] with at least one source indicating it was written as early as 1871. [1] On June 30, 1947, "Home on the Range" became the Kansas state song. [9]
May 4, 2024 · In 1947, the Kansas legislature declared “Home On The Range” the official state song, in recognition of its Kansas roots. Though the song’s exact origins are unclear, it was associated with Kansas in its earliest days, and is believed to have been co-written by a Kansas doctor named Brewster Higley.
Around 1930 the Kansas Federation of Authors honored Professor C. S. Skilton's tune written to accompany Esther Hill Clark's "The Call of Kansas." Legislators failed to adopt the tune as the state song. Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas sponsored another contest in 1937.
Dec 4, 2021 · Beccy Tanner. In 1872, Brewster Higley wrote our state song, "Home on the Range," while homesteading in this cabin in Smith County. In 1872, what's perhaps the world's best-known folk song was...
Jan 29, 2023 · In the early 1870s, Dr. Brewster Higley stepped outside his cabin in Smith County, Kansas and wrote a poem to express his love for the land he now called home. His poem became the state song, Home on the Range.
This classic ode to frontier life was written by Kansas homesteader Brewster M. Higley VI as the poem "My Western Home" and first appeared in the Smith County Pioneer in 1873. Higley's friend Daniel Kelley, a Civil War veteran who lived in the Sunflower State for a time, wrote the music.
Over time a song in oral tradition may vary so much that it becomes difficult to trace it back to the earliest known version. Singers may assume that the location where they learned the song is its place of origin. In 1947, "Home on the Range" became the state song of Kansas.
