Marty Robbins Sings 'Home On The Range.'

[ozerataoglu]

Where the Molerats and the Fire Geckos claim...

[jackram2h2]

@ozerataoglu Nice New Vegas reference

[coyotemustang2011]

They are Pronghorn Antelope, but wouldn't that sound retarded in the song. Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, and the deer and pronghorn antelope play. What you are saying is correct, but I say fail, because it doesn't matter.

[JCavScout]

Antelope are in Texas guys... sorry to break it to you

[Ashesofoaks]

Are you kidding me. There are totally antelope in america. Look up the local flora and fauna in america. fail...

[BLACKESTDAN]

The Proghorn are only Proghorn - sometimes known as the Proghorn Antelope for it's resemblence to the antelope and is indigenious to North America. True antelope have been imported for well over 100 years to North America....safe to say the songwriter as well as the singer here knew what the song was about and if you don't like it - don't listen.

[fingerpanpipe]

beautiful song

[BreakfastSlacker]

@headly66 I thank you for capitalizing my Mom. While she is not a deity, I can respect the sentiment nonetheless.

[DAVETYIOP]

35 - 43 what place or places are those then?

[shaylanshelby]

awsome video the best i'v ever seen

[ToenailClipperz]

I sang this in school today. 8D

[ubershavefallout]

dude shut up a song

[davidcsgt]

I know they are not technically antelope..... The point is that its what they are called so the writer didnt make a mistake when he wrote this song.

[davidcsgt]

There are antelope....pronghorn antelope.

[headly66]

@davidcsgt Pronghorns are not in the antelope family.

[davidcsgt]

@headly66 No they are not, but they are still American antelope....therefore they are antelope.....just like the term "indian" was given because they had thought that they landed in india.

[headly66]

@davidcsgt

They are not antelope, not even in the same species, just because you call something a name does not make it one. Babe Ruth was call the Sultan of Swat, that does not make him a Sultan.

[davidcsgt]

@headly66 No one is saying that they are genetically antelope. The point is that the term "antelope" used in this song is relevant because that's what they called them and what we call them. I dont know If you have ever looked at a African antelope and then looked at an American antelope.....they are very similar and I can see why they would call them antelope.

[headly66]

@davidcsgt No there are any antelope in North America, a pronghorn is not an antelope.

[fightprejudice]

May be there are no american antelopes. What do I know anyway? however, a quick search in google under "american antelope" renders lots of pages showing pictures of these animals. I do not care, but do not tell me to "google it better".

And I do not want any more lectures.

[headly66]

@fightprejudice What a bad loser.

[selikk9]

Makes me cry every time I hear this song. My dad would sing it to me every night when I was little. Great song and voice.

[headly66]

There are no antelope in the Americas.

[tarquin45]

@headly66

You've made a good point headly66. How could the aongwriter make such a mistake?

[leatherface841]

@tarquin45 The prong horn are called antelope too.

[TheMikehattan]

@tarquin45 There ARE antelope in 'the Americas'....... presuming of course that you are referring to N. America.... I am pleased to report that Antelope still run wild in several states out in the mid west.

[headly66]

@TheMikehattan No they don't, they are not antelope, not even the same family.

[bollichb]

@tarquin45 neither one of you are too bright . They are called Pronghorn antelope

[Jaiyo17]

@tarquin45 ..lol. I had to think twice on what 'aongwriter' meant.

[kristinlukow]

@tarquin45 Not a good point. There were back in the day...at least is what they called them. This song is entirely accurate. Do a little research. Wow.

[robertlong2233]

@kristinlukow I'm guessing you mean the "pronghorn". Pronghorns are not antelopes even if you call them antelopes.

[fightprejudice]

@headly66 The Pronghorn antelope is the fastest North American land animal, capable of reaching speeds of up to 60 miles per hour. The pronghorns speed is its main defense against predators. ( Google it).

[headly66]

@fightprejudice

The Pronghorn is not an antelope, that's just a name. it's a Antilocapridae, the last of it's species. Not related to the antelope at all.

Google it better.

[kingofwesternswing]

@headly66 nor are there any buffalo. When the settlers came form the old world our pronghorn looked just like antelope and our bison looked like buffalo so the name stuck.

[ko6918]

@headly66 hes talking about the North American pronghorn that is known commonly as an antelope

[davidcsgt]

@ko6918  No they are not, but they are still American antelope....therefore they are antelope.....just like the term "Indian" was given because they had thought that they landed in India.

[ko6918]

@davidcsgt and what do American antelope look like??

[ko6918]

@davidcsgt research pronghorn you will see they were wonce called antelope

[debprmdc]

@headly66 oh yes there are they're all over yellowstone park and there not exactly antelope, they're pronghorns

[Rodeoangel009]

@headly66

Seriously!? Have you ever been to wyoming, idaho, nevada, colorado?

[kristinlukow]

@headly66 Wrong. There were antelope in the Kansas territory when this song was written and there still are in the western U. S.

[headly66]

@kristinlukow There are no antelope in the Americas and never have been. Just because someone is misinformed and believes something is something else doesn't make it so, just as the native Americans aren't Indians.

[NordicHealer]

@headly66 I'm sorry but we have PRONGHORN deer which are a type of American  Antelope.

[headly66]

@NordicHealer Why do people here continue to attempt to tell me the same thing over and over. There are no antelope in the Americas, I don't care what you call them they are not in the antelope family, not even in the same species.

[mckathiki]

@headly66 I've seen antelope here in the west.

[headly66]

@mckathiki No you haven't, unless maybe you were in a zoo. There are no antelope in the Americas, and no pronghorns are not antelope.

[DirectorDixon]

@headly66 yes there r.

[mr7thDay]

@headly66 Term antelope referring to many even toed ungulate species.North American pronghorn antelope is not a true antelope but is of the family antilocapridae.This song was written in the 1870's when people were not as educated or so anal as people today.Thank you

[celticvisions4]

@headly66 they used to refer to pronghorn deer, who are very common throughout the west, as antelope back in the day. At least some did.

[headly66]

@celticvisions4 Which has nothing to do with my comment.

[redwolfmoonhowl]

@headly66

Nor are there Buffalo. HOWEVER, though neither species are technically what people call them, they still call them that. Why? Because the people who 'found' this country and started naming everything just called them what they where similar to, that they already knew of.

The names just stuck after some hundred years of use and no technicality will stop it from STILL being used.

No matter what, you will lose this colloquial naming 'argument'.

[SemperFidelis0229]

@headly66 I'm sure you'll get over it, Jackass

[nschroeder7]

@headly66 there are antelope in my backyard in the Black Hills of South Dakota. and wyoming is covered with them.

[headly66]

@nschroeder7 That's nice to hear, I'm sure it's lovely - but they are Pronghorn - not antelope no matter what you call them. Jack Nicklaus was called the "Golden Bear" - but he wasn't a bear.

[TheGranule]

@headly66

We have Pronghorn Antelope. thought technically not an antelope yet that is what the song is referring to.

Go to California. You will see Antelope Valley, Antelope Hills, and other place names that indicate that Pronghorns were very common until the turn of the last century. Nowadays, travel through Colorado, Wyoming and Montana and you can't avoid seeing the Pronghorn Antelope.

Are you an American, or an Easterner that you don't know this?

[headly66]

@TheGranule Thank you for agreeing that there are no antelope in the Americas.

[B2bakugon]

I sang this for a class assignment. I got an A!

[RichXbox360]

@B2bakugon Well done mate/



[tjduhon]

Great song, great voice will last forever

[MegaRamon01]

home on the range and marty robbins has a beutiful voice or a boy

[candw87]

A fine rendition of an old Gene Autry's 78 haven't heard it for years- Thanks

[graham1281]

Fabulous voice

[Lsbud]

Thanks Tarquin. Nice song, nice pictures. I think I might move out west :0) L.S.