Yeah, I suppose you could call it the same tune, but there are a lot of differences. Here are the lyrics from the 1936 Sons of the Pioneers recording.

THE HILLS OF OLD WYOMING
From the film "Palm Springs" (1936)
(Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger)

Smith Ballew (Film Soundtrack) - 1936
Frances Langford (Film Soundtrack) - 1936

Let me ride on the trail in the hills of old Wyomin'
Where the coyotes wail in the gloamin'
For it's there that my heart's at home

In the night let me rest with the blue sky for my ceilin'
'Til the wind's lullaby comes stealin'
From the hills where my heart's at home

Wake with a song! Wake with the sun!
Saddle to mend, cattle to tend, Plenty to be done

Let me live on the range where a man has room to roam in
And to dream of his love in the gloamin'
In the hills of old Wyomin'

In the hills of old Wyomin'

Transcribed from the Sons of the Pioneers recording, with help from lyrics posted at lyricsplayground.com

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chords here (click) (watch for popups)

This is another pretty "Sons of Pioneers" tune about hills (My last submission was the "Everlasting Hills of Oklahoma"). This time the state is Wyoming. This song was written by two songwriters who had never been to Wyoming, written at Palm Springs for the motion picture "Palm Springs" starring Bing Crosby.
Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger wrote this song in 1936.

Hills of Old Wyomin'

............G....D7...G............Em.....A7............D7
Let me ride on a trail in the hills of Old Wyomin'
.................G .........................C.....Cm
Where the Coyotes wail in the gloamin'
...........G........................C...........G
For it's there where my hearts at home

Em C G
(Hum or whistle)

.........G....D7......G....
In the night let me rest,
..............Em... A7...........D7
with the blue sky for my ceilin'
....D7....G.... .........C............Cm
'Till the winds lullaby comes stealin'
G .................................C..........G
From the hills where my hearts at home

Em C G
(hum or whistle)

...G .................................................
Wake with a song, Wake with the sun.
.............................................
Saddle to mend. Cattle to tend.
.................... A7
Plenty to be done.


............G....D7.....G...................Em........A7........ D7
Let me live on the range where a man has room to roam in
G........................................C.....Cm
And dream of his love in the gloamin'
G..................C....... G..........................C..........G
In the hills of old Wyomin', In the hills of old Wyomin'

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