Home On the Range" was adopted as the Kansas State song in 1947. It, however, uses a later version than the original. This version, that I recorded of six verses, uses the original lyrics and chorus that Brewster Higley wrote in his 1873 poem 'My Western Home.' Very few people today have ever heard the original lyrics and chorus as it was written. These lyrics are not ones that you'll hear sitting around a campfire today. Many of the pictures in this video were taken around the time that this song was written. You will see proud people standing in front of their sod houses. 'Home On the Range' is the Kansas state song. ATTENTION NITPICKERS: It is known that there are no true antelope in North America. However, the Pronghorn has been called an antelope since the first Europeans arrived. These are the animals that are referred to as antelope in the lyrics.