Lyr Req: In the Hills of Old Wyomin'

06 Nov 00 - 09:33 PM (#335652)
Subject: Req. lyrics to Hills of old WyomingBilly
From: GUEST,BillyBee

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07 Nov 00 - 08:23 AM (#335866)
Subject: RE: Req. lyrics to Hills of old
From: Allan C.

Gosh, I have looked all over for the lyrics and haven't had any luck. I have an old recording by the Sons of the Pioneers and will make an attempt to transcribe the song. It will be a couple of weeks before I can get to it though. Maybe Sorcha or kat will find the lyrics before then. Good luck!

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07 Nov 00 - 10:26 AM (#335948)
Subject: RE: Req. lyrics to Hills of old
From: katlaughing

I will look later on, today. Thanks for the heads up, Allan. I did find a great old poem about Wyoming "beng good enough for me", which is downstairs. I was going to post it as it sounds like it should be a song.

Thanks,

kat

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13 Nov 00 - 10:02 PM (#340181)
Subject: RE: Req. lyrics to Hills of old
From: Sorcha

I only know "Somewhere in Old Wyoming" and "Paint Me Back Home in Wyoming", but I can ask around.........and hope that my computer either gets fixed or stays working in the meantime.

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13 Nov 00 - 10:36 PM (#340195)
Subject: RE: Req. lyrics to Hills of old
From: Allan C.

I'll post them right after Turkey Day.

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29 Jan 01 - 06:12 PM (#385190)
Subject: Lyr Add: IN THE HILLS OF OLD WYOMIN'
From: Allan C.

I feel a bit guilty about this. Thanksgiving came and went and I didn't post the lyrics. The problem was that I was unable to find my recording. But last week I was given a Sons of the Pioneers CD and the song was on it. I transcribed the lyrics and now, at last, here they are:

IN THE HILLS OF OLD WYOMIN'
Written by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin
First recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers on May 4, 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!
Saddles 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'

Ralph Rainger collaborated regularly with Leo Robin. Robin was the lyricist and Rainger wrote the music. For years the two worked for Paramount Studios and later for 20th Century Fox. Among the songs Rainer and Robin are best known for are "Louise", a song Maurice Chevalier helped to make famous; "Thanks for the Memory", which later became Bob Hope's theme song, and "Blue Hawaii" which was a Bing Crosby hit and then became well known again when Elvis Presley sang it in the film by the same name.

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