Nancy Wertsch Music

Note:
Home on the Range arranged for two part treble voices and piano, is a cheerful setting of the familiar American tune of life on the prairie. With a counter melody and rhythmic alterations to give interest and humor to the performance, it is designed to charm you audience with a musical taste of Americana. 

Text: 
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, 
Where the deer and the antelope play, 
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, 
And the skies are not cloudy all day. 

Chorus: 
Home, home on the range, 
Where the deer and the antelope play; 
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word 
And the skies are not cloudy all day. 

How often at night when the heavens are bright 
With the light from the glittering stars 
Have I stood here amazed and asked as I gazed 
If their glory exceeds that of ours. 

Oh I love those wild flowers in this dear land of ours, 
where the breezes are balmy and light, 
and I would not exchange my home on the range 
for all of the cities so bright.