A transcription of the song and the story of its collection were published in Lomax's book Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads,in 1910. Lomax in 1908 in San Antonio, Texas, from an African American saloon owner and former cowboy who had ridden the Chisholm Trail. Samuel Moanfeldt, the attorney employed to defend the Music Publishers Protective Association, soon traced the song to a recording made by folklorist John A. Until the case was settled, the popular song could no longer be performed or played on the radio. In 1934, William and Mary Goodwin of Tempe, Arizona, claimed to have written it in 1904 as 'An Arizona Home,' and filed a copyright suit in the Courts of New York for half a million dollars against individuals performing the song and corporations publishing it. As the author was unknown, it was treated as a traditional folksong. Because of this presidential endorsement, it was picked up by many entertainers, and frequently played on the radio, until it became immensely popular worldwide. Roosevelt was first elected president, he declared 'Home on the Range' his favorite song. Another version of ' Home on the Range' sung to a different melody by Herman Meyers and recorded by Alan Lomax in 1938 is also available.) (Listen to a field recording of the song sung by James Richardson and recored by Jonn and Ruby Lomax in 1939 at the link. It also demonstrates the difficulty of finding the origins of a song passed on by word of mouth over time. The complex history of the song ' Home on the Range' involves the history of the American west, the struggles of the pioneers, and the working life of the cowboy. Prints and Photographs Division reproduction number LC-DIG-stereo-1s00053. The cattle trade provided the route for the song 'Home on the Range' to be spread among western states by cowboys who learned it in Kansas. One of the first western 'railheads,' or terminus points, allowing cattle to be shipped to eastern markets was located at Abilene, Kansas, near the northernmost point on the Chisholm Trail. Loading cattle at Joseph McCoy's stock yard, Abilene, Kansas, 447 miles west of St.

Home is where song