“Home on the Range”

He was one of 25 male singers who appeared every week on that show, on NBC, performing traditional favorites like “Home on the Range,” “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary” and “I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen.”

Home on the Range Where the deer and the antelope play, And the buffalo roam ’round all day, And the skies are cloud-free, That’s the homeplace for me, So you Natives, get out of the way.

Home on the Range > Human Throng: Replaces the roaming buffalo.

In Washington, it permitted us in a flight of fancy to identify with the West of “Home on the Range,” a place where “the skies are not cloudy all day.”

If she plays “Home on the Range” she might ask them about where they grew up, or if she’s singing “When You’re Smiling,” Wells may prompt them to reveal something that makes them smile.