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29 Jun 00 - 01:49 PM (#249295) Subject: Lyrics and tune- lost song From: Jinx About 40 years ago I heard a song called "The Green Hills of Montana" I remember it as a really pretty song, (but I'm a different person now!) and I've been looking for it off and on ever since. Anybody know it? |
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30 Jun 00 - 05:15 AM (#249687) Subject: RE: Lyrics and tune- lost song From: Yo Never heard of it, did you try the rest of the web? Who sang it? Yo. |
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01 Jul 00 - 05:04 PM (#250206) Subject: RE: Lyrics and tune- lost song From: Jinx Yo, I was working as a counselor at a summer camp, and one of the other counselors sang it. I'm from Montana, and I don't think she was. I can't remember her name. This is really vague- sorry!- but I remember it seemed to capture the best of the mountainous part of the state. I'll keep looking, though, thanks for your interest. |
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01 Jul 00 - 05:23 PM (#250218) Subject: RE: Lyrics and tune- lost song From: Noreen Try putting the song title in the thread title- might get more notice that way. Good luck! Noreen |
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01 Jul 00 - 05:50 PM (#250234) Subject: RE: Lyrics and tune- lost song From: GUEST,harpgirl hijinx!!!! I want to hear this one too! |
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01 Jul 00 - 06:23 PM (#250257) Subject: RE: Lyrics and tune- lost song From: Joe Offer Jinx, can you tell us what you remember of the song? If you can thing of phrases you recall, that might help us. I'm guessing we may have heard the song, but pertaining to another state. -Joe Offer- |
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14 Nov 08 - 11:51 AM (#2493852) Subject: Lyr Add: THE GREEN HILLS OF MONTANA (John N Hall) From: GUEST By John Nelson "Sleepy" Hall, Great Falls, Montana who sang his son, Neufy,(John Jr.) to rest with it. Was given the title of Montana State Ballad, possibly 1940's-50's? Lovely song. THE GREEN HILLS OF MONTANA The green hills of Montana Are calling to me I'm lonely For my Rocky Mountain home. The moonlight on the waters The whispering trees Are mem'ries That will haunt me while I roam. I'm gonna hit the road With a heavy load In my heart But as the trail unwinds And I smell the pines My heart will get lighter The trail will get brighter The whole world will be mine And the green hills of Montana Will welcome me back And my heart will rest In my Rocky Mountain home. |
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16 Nov 08 - 12:38 PM (#2495212) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: The Green Hills of Montana From: Jim Dixon The official web site of the state of Montana confirms that Montana has a "state ballad" as well as a "state song"—but it says the state ballad is MONTANA MELODY, adopted in 1983. Click here for lyrics. I was able to find a couple of references to John Nelson "Sleepy" Hall, but he's pretty obscure, at least as far as his full name is concerned. There was a band leader of the early jazz era called Sleepy Hall, who performed as Sleepy Hall and His Collegians, but I'm not convinced he's the same person. Some sources say "Sleepy Hall" was a pseudonym of Gene Kardos or of Chick Bullock. Maybe there was more than one Sleepy Hall? ASCAP.com lists GREEN HILLS OF MONTANA written by Francis Hall and John Hall, with Colgems EMI Music Inc as the publisher. Oddly, neither WorldCat nor the Library of Congress lists such a song. |
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16 Nov 08 - 12:54 PM (#2495228) Subject: Lyr Add: MONTANA LULLABY (Overcast, Gustafson) From: Alice The state song is "Montana" and the lyrics and tune are like a football cheer song. The words by Charles C. Cohen and music by Joseph E. Howard in 1910. "Montana Melody," with words and music by Carleen and LeGrande Harvey is the state ballad, established in 1983. In 2007, Montana decided to also adopt a STATE LULLABY. Music was written by Ken Overcast, a recent song, lyrics by Wylie Gustafson, and the title is "Montana Lullaby". Montana Lullaby © 2000-2006 Bear Valley Music Lyrics – Ken Overcast Music – Ken Overcast, Wylie Gustafson Interspersed Yodel written by Wylie Gustafson Verse 1 The sun's sinkin' low in the west and I know Another day on the range has gone by We'll bed down the strays, we've been gatherin' all day With a Montana Lullaby Chorus 1 In my blankets at night, with the moon shinin' bright Dreams of my Jenny drift by Breakin' of dawn, brings the Meadowlark's song A Montana Lullaby Verse 2 From the wide rollin' plains, cross the Rockies blue range Wherever the proud eagle flies A lone coyote croons to a full lover's moon A Montana Lullaby Chorus 2 Jenny's at home, waitin' alone As the long roundup evenin's drag by The wind in the pines, whispers she's mine With a Montana Lullaby I don't think I've ever heard The Green Hills of Montana. alice in montana |
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28 Nov 08 - 10:43 PM (#2503969) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: The Green Hills of Montana From: GUEST Good on ASCAP for keeping good records. Do they allow putting out the notes as letters so people can see the tune? I'd try, if it's legal, but I'd have to find a piano to pick it out on. Wonder who would have the sheet music to send a copy to the Library of congress (if they will accept a copy). Good on Jim Dixon for good research. And Alice is right. "Montana Lullaby" is a nice tune, good rhythm. Kinda sticks in the memory. Yes, it was kinda surprising to have another ballad, but folks were sympathetic to Gonder's then wife, Carleen. Guess she went around to every grade school in the state to get the kids to petition the legislature. I suppose the kids sang it in school for a year or two. Can't say that I've heard it since. Saw him in a late night TV ad years ago trying to sell a tape. They said that Sleepy got his nickname from droopy/slanted eyelids. Tall, distinguished looking (a little like Edgar Bergen, I thought), kind, looked good in a tux. Didn't know Mrs. Hall's first name till you told me. Everyone called her "Boots". A lady, served ably as a Great Falls... city commissioner (?). The 'Collegians" sounds familiar, but don't know how many groups used that name from the 20's on. Eddie Peabody used to come to Great Falls (on a circuit?) 50's-early 60's(?). Said he really liked to because he could play with Sleep and another man, Keith Nichols. What they couldn't do wasn't worth doing. Drew a crowd where ever they were. I came in town one day, saw a crowd, big enough that people were standing outside the doorways of Buttrey's big department store down town, and inside there they were, playing. |