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As he felt inadequate to the task, he asked local fiddler Dan Kelley to help him set the poem to music. His neighbors took a liking to the song, and soon its fame spread. As people passed through, the song traveled with them, and by the turn of the century, it was variously known as Home On The Range, My Colorado Home, and My Arizona Home..
A lively debate continues over whether the song refers to West Virginia or west-ern Virginia. The songâs refrain mentions âWest Virginia,â but the opening lyrics refer to the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River, which are primarily located in Virginia. The Blue Ridge Mountains are traditionally defined as the easternmost flank of the Appalachian Mountain chain, running roughly north-south from Pennsylvania to Georgia.