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FIVE HUNDRED MILES|cover by akshay | written by Hedy West | country song| 1960 folk revolt song — DeepCutsArchive
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FIVE HUNDRED MILES|cover by akshay | written by Hedy West | country song| 1960 folk revolt song

Hedy West
1970s1960youtube

500 Miles" (also known as "500 Miles Away from Home" or "Railroaders' Lament") is a song made popular in the United States and Europe ... Released: September 1963 Genre: Country; Easy Listening Songwriter(s): Hedy West Producer(s): Chet Atkins Johnny Cash is known to have included "500 Miles" on his list of 100 essential country songs in the early 1970s. I tried to perform this song with my guitar If you missed the train I'm on You will know that I am gone You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles A hundred miles, a hundred miles A hundred miles, a hundred miles You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home Away from home, away from home Away from home, away from home Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home Not a shirt on my back Not a penny to my name Lord, I can't go back home this ole way This ole way, this ole way This ole way, this ole way Lord, I can't go back home this this ole way If you missed the train I'm on…



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Hedwig Grace "Hedy" West was an American folksinger, songwriter and song catcher. She belonged to the same generation of folk revivalists as Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Carolyn Hester. Her most famous song "500 Miles" is one of America's most popular folk songs. English folk musician A. L. Lloyd declared West to be "far and away the best of [the] American girl singers in the [folk] revival."

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