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09 Dec 96 - 01:55 AM (#687) Subject: Since I wandered from my home - where from? From: jaunti Does anyone know what song this line is from? "It's been many months since I wandered from my home" It may have been sung by Arlo Guthrie. Thanks |
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09 Dec 96 - 02:30 AM (#688) Subject: RE: Since I wandered from my home - where from? From: Bill Howdy, There is a similar line in Oklahoma Hills (Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation) which is a Woody Guthrie song (if my memory is correct) often performed by Arlo. |
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02 Jul 97 - 10:55 PM (#7990) Subject: Woody Guthrie's Oklahoma Hills - lyrics ? From: Norma I'm looking for the lyrics to Woody Guthrie's song, Oklahoma Hills, or at least I think that's the name. It starts "Way down yonder in the Indian Nation, I'm gonna ride my pony on the reservation in the Oklahoma hills where I was born' HELP
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03 Jul 97 - 12:27 AM (#7995) Subject: RE: Woody Guthrie's Oklahoma Hills - lyrics ? From: Gene You will find them and MORE at: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~davida/lyrics.html |
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03 Jul 97 - 10:29 AM (#8015) Subject: Lyr Add: OKLAHOMA HILLS (Woody Guthrie) From: Gene OKLAHOMA HILLS Words and music by Jack Guthrie and Woody Guthrie
Many months have come and gone
CHORUS: 'Way down yonder in the Indian nation
But as I sit here today
Now as I turn life a page |
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03 Jul 97 - 04:01 PM (#8039) Subject: RE: Woody Guthrie's Oklahoma Hills - lyrics ? From: Norma Thanks for the lyrics and the information. : ) I'm enjoying them already! |
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03 Jun 01 - 02:51 PM (#475864) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Oklahoma Hills From: Pene Azul Chords at Cowpie. Jeff |
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06 Jun 01 - 08:32 AM (#477448) Subject: Lyr Add: OKLAHOMA HILLS (Woody Guthrie) From: CRANKY YANKEE OKLAHOMA HILLS(words and music by Woodrow Wilson Guthrie) Elton Britt's themesong. Many a month has come and gone since I wandered from my home In the Oklahoma hills where I was born Many a page of life has turned, many lessons I have learned In those Oklahoma hills where I was born (Chorus) A-Way down yonder in the Indian Nations I ride my pony on a reservation In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born A-Way down yonder in the Indian Nations A cowboy's life is my occupation In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born. Now as I turn back each page to the land of the great Osage In those dear old Okie hills where I was born Where the Oak and blackjack trees Kiss the playful tumbleweeds It's where I want to be, where I belong (repeat chorus) regards Jody Gibson |
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06 Jun 01 - 10:57 AM (#477564) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hobo's Lullaby /Oklahoma Hills From: Rick Fielding Elton Britt. Now there's a name. Thanks Crankee. "Cowboy Jack" Guthrie's only hit, as well. Jack was Woody's cousin and died young....not before the lawsuit though. Woody apparently "gave" the song to his cuz, but when the bucks came in, thought better of it (or Marjorie did) and they got the copyright changed. You can find an album of Cowboy Jack Guthrie if you try hard enough. He's typical of a lot of 40s "Western singers" and I quite like his version of the song. Rick |
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30 Oct 01 - 10:56 PM (#582925) Subject: Origins of: Oklahoma Hills From: JohnInKansas Oklahoma Hills is the song. Written by Jack Guthrie and Woody Guthrie. In DigiTrad Oklahoma Hills here. Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy Dorothy Horstman Country Music Foundation Press, Nashville TN Distributed by Vanderbilt University Press Third Edition, 1966 ISBN 0-915608-19-7 Includes the lyric as in DigiTrad, with the note:
I will post a note that this is answered in the "Unanswered Requests" thread Requestor was only on mudcat for about one year (with this name), but may have another a.k.a.: others may still have an interest. John |
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20 Nov 03 - 12:28 AM (#1057520) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oklahoma Hills (Woody Guthrie) From: dick greenhaus Oklahoma Hills is in the Digital Tradition. It's a good place to start a search--saves typing, too. |
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20 Nov 03 - 02:19 AM (#1057557) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oklahoma Hills (Woody Guthrie) From: GUEST,Dale Ah, Dick, but those lyrics predate the DT version by more than a year. Gene posted them in July of 1997 and the DT says October 1998 by AJS ~~ at the moment, I can't think who that is. I wrote the following in a thread in 1999. I'll re-enter it here, since this is the active thread. Leon Jerry Guthrie was born November 13, 1915 in Olive, Oklahoma. He was always Leon to his family, Oke (pronounced Oak) to his friends, but took the name Jack when he made his first recordings on October 16, 1944. The very first song he cut was Oklahoma Hills. Now I've heard a couple of different stories as to how he came into possession of the song. One version goes that he wanted the song, so Woody said he could have it. In fact, Woody often stated publicly, that anyone could have any song he wrote. In the other version, in about 1937, Woody wrote the rough draft of what was to become Oklahoma Hills. Jack took the song from a fake book that Woody had made, modified it, and smoothed it into the version we are familiar with today. They performed together frequently in these early years, so I would think it would be highly unlikely that Woody was unaware that Jack had done this, and was performing the song on a regular basis. In any case, it was not until after the song became a hit in 1945 that Woody claimed ownership. The dispute was resolved by attributing the song to both of them. As to the question of to who did what to the song, I'm not sure that has ever been made clear. Folk process in operation, I guess. Jack Guthrie recorded only a small handful of wonderful songs, (available on Bear Family CD 15580) . He had contracted tuberculosis in the Army, and was too obsessed with the music business to take care of himself. He died on January 15, 1948, aged 32. Information above from my own memory, various readings, and most specifically from the notes to the Bear Family CD by Guy Logsdon. If you haven't heard Oklahoma Hills by Jack Guthrie, then you really haven't heard it. I first heard it on the jukebox in my Dad's tavern in 1945. I am sure that I would have pestered him constantly for nickels to play the song, but as it was very popular at the time, the patrons of the tavern kept me from provoking my father too much! It was and is one of my all time favorite songs. Since I wrote that, more of the works of Jack Guthrie have been made available on Bear Family ~~ bet you can get them from Camsco! |
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31 May 11 - 02:10 AM (#3162928) Subject: ADD Version: Oklahoma Hills (Jack & Woody Guthrie) From: Joe Offer Following Dale's suggestion, I found the Jack Guthrie recording on Spotify, and it's terrific. I thought I'd post my transcription of the Jack Guthrie recording: OKLAHOMA HILLS (Jack Guthrie and Woody Guthrie) Many months has come and gone Since I wandered from my home In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born Many a page of life has turned Many a lesson I have learned Well, I feel like in those hills I still belong. CHORUS: 'Way down yonder in the Indian nation I ride my pony on the reservation In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born Now, 'way down yonder in the Indian nation A cowboy's life is my occupation In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born. But as I sit here today Many miles I am away From a place I rode my pony through the draw While the oak and blackjack trees Kiss the playful prairie breeze In those Oklahoma 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 While the black oil, it rolls and flows And the snow-white cotton grows In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born. Copyright Jack and Woody Guthrie Note the quote above in the message from John in Kansas:
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31 May 11 - 02:33 AM (#3162930) Subject: ADD Version: Oklahoma Hills (Jack & Woody Guthrie) From: Joe Offer 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:
I couldn't find the song in any of the Woody Guthrie songbooks I have, and I couldn't find a Woody Guthrie recording. |
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02 Jun 11 - 03:34 PM (#3164325) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oklahoma Hills (Jack & Woody Guthrie) From: Jim Dixon Joe: I'll bet Arlo learned this song as a young lad, at an age when kids learn things by rote (although they sometimes mishear) and never consider subtleties like grammar. Then as he got older, he trusted his memory and never went back and checked his lyrics against the original. I think a lot of people who post lyrics at Mudcat do that! Yes, I like "I feel like in those hills I still belong" better. A whole slew of people have recorded this: Arlo Guthrie, Bob Wills, Chet Atkins, Country Joe McDonald, Ernest Tubb, Gene Autry, Hank Thompson, Ian Tyson, Jack Guthrie, Jim Reeves, Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond, Marvin Rainwater, Mary McCaslin, Moe Bandy, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, T. Texas Tyler, Tex Ritter, Tommy Collins, Vince Gill, and many others. I wonder how many sang it Arlo's way? |