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Home on the Range

Traditional (words attr. Brewster M. Higley)

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HOME ON THE RANGE — MELODY + ACCOMPANIMENT Engraved with Verovio (verovio.org)

DIFFICULTY: Beginner
BARS: 33
SECTIONS: 5
TEMPO: ♩ = 92
MELODY NOTES: 81
PARTS: Melody + chords

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Words by Brewster M. Higley (1872); the tune is attributed to Daniel E. Kelley. Published 1881; the Kansas state song. Public domain. Melody encoded from Frank Nordberg's Musica Viva ABC transcription (via the John Chambers ABC collection); a second, independent transcription in the same collection agrees with it.

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