OK, now here's my transcription of Arlo Guthrie's less-than-grammatical recording on the Tribute to Woody Guthrie CD:

OKLAHOMA HILLS
(Jack Guthrie and Woody Guthrie)

Many a month has come and gone
Since I've wandered from my home
In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born
Many a page my life has turned
Many lessons I have learned
And I feel like in those hills where I belong.

    CHORUS:
    'Way down yonder on the Indian nation
    Ridin' my pony on the reservation
    In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born
    'Way down yonder on the Indian nation
    A cowboy's life is my occupation
    In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born.

But as I sit here today
Many miles I am away
From the place I rode my pony through the draw
Where the oak and blackjack trees
Kiss the playful prairie breeze
And I feel like in those hills where I was born.

Now as I turn life a page
To the land of the great Osage
In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born
Where the black oil rolls and flows
And the snow-white cotton grows
And I feel like in those hills where I belong.

Copyright Jack and Woody Guthrie


Arlo's interpretation of these two lines seems a little fuzzy:

• And I feel like in those hills where I belong.
• And I feel like in those hills where I was born.

That's where I question his grammar...

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I couldn't find the song in any of the Woody Guthrie songbooks I have, and I couldn't find a Woody Guthrie recording.