Home on the Range

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"Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American song
Western song
folk song
alsoKnownAs The Western Home
associatedWithCulture cowboy culture
associatedWithRegion Old West
surface form: American West
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre folk
hasCulturalSignificance representation of pastoral ideal in U.S. culture
symbol of the American frontier
hasForm strophic song
hasInfluenceOn Western-themed popular music
cowboy songs
hasLyricTheme Old West
surface form: American West

frontier life
nature
peacefulness
wide-open landscapes
hasMood nostalgic
pastoral
peaceful
hasNotableLyric And the skies are not cloudy all day
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
Where the deer and the antelope play
hasSubject antelope
buffalo
deer
open range
isConsidered classic American folk song
unofficial anthem of the American West
isFrequentlyIncludedIn American songbooks
folk song collections
isFrequentlyRecordedBy country musicians
folk musicians
isPartOf American folk song canon
isTaughtIn American elementary schools
American music education
language English
openingLine Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam
typicalPerformanceContext campfire singing
folk music concerts
informal singing

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Kansas stateSong Home on the Range
The Princess and the Frog follows Home on the Range
Glenn Slater notableWork Home on the Range
this entity surface form: Home on the Range (additional lyrics)