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WordsPhrases;WarmingUp;HomeontheRangeisaclassicwesternsong,sometimescalledtheunofficialanthemoftheAmericanWest.ThelyricswereoriginallywrittenbyDr.BrewsterM.HigleyofSmithCounty,KansasinapoementitledMyWesternHomeintheearly1870s.In1947,itbecamethestatesongoftheAmericanstateofKansas.;WarmingUp;WarmingUp;WarmingUp;Text;Noplacelikehome?

1Arewetherestlessadventurersofourimagination,likethe

explorersandinventorsofthepast,foreversearchingfornewplaces

todiscoverorforbridgestobuild,relentlessinourdesiretotravel?

Orarewe–deepdown–rathermorehome-lovingpeople,whoare

pronetohomesicknesswhenwe’reawayfortoolong?;

2Traditionally,itwassummercampwhichgaveeachandeveryone

ofusourfirstexperienceofhomesickness.ThisUS-wideinstitution

ofconvenientchildcareduringthelongsummervacationwas

idealizedbytheparentsasbeinggreat“fun”.In19th-and20th-

centuryBritaintheexperienceofhomesicknessbeganataneven

earlierage,whensonsofthearistocracyweretornfromthefamily

hearthandsenttoboardingschoolattheageofseven.Eventoday

therearestoriesofboysinschooldormitoriescryingthemselves

tosleepforwantofamother’shug,boyswhothengrewuptobe

heartlesspoliticiansandruthlesscaptainsofindustry.;3Nowadays,homesicknessisusuallyfirstexperiencedwhen

teenagersleavehomeandgotocollege.Studentsareevencautioned

nottocontacttheirparentstoooftenduringthefirstfewweeks,in

ordertoavoidprovokingtoomuchattachment.

4Soishomesicknessjustassociatedwithalackofmaturity?In

fact,literaryreferencestohomesicknesscanbefoundinHomer’s

Odyssey.;Themoderntermwascoinedinthe17thcenturytodescribe

thefeelingsofSwissmercenarieswhomissedtheirhomelandwhile

fightingelsewhereinEurope.Theywereevenbannedfromsinging

Swisssongs,whichwereconsid