I disagree with Art's post above. Some of the versions of five hundred miles by folk groups and Elvis may fall into his category, but I love Hedy's version, the first one that I and many of the 60s folkies ever heard.

FIVE HUNDRED MILES
As recorded by Hedy West

1. If you miss 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.

2. If my honey said so, I'd railroad no more.
I'd sidetrack my engine and go home,
And go home, and go home, and go home, and go home.
I'd sidetrack my engine and go home.

3. 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.

4. I told my little letter just as plain as I could tell her
That she'd better come along and go with me,
Go with me, go with me, go with me, go with me.
She'd better come along and go with me.

5. My clothes are all worn and my shoes are all torn.
Lord, I can't make a livin' this-a-way,
This-a-way, this-a-way, this-a-way, this-a-way.
Lord, I can't make a livin' this-a-way.

6. If this train runs all right, I'll be home tomorrow night,
For I'm comin' down the line on Number Nine,
Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine,
For I'm comin' down the line on Number Nine.

7. Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name,
Lord, I can't go back home this-a-way,
This-a-way, this-a-way, this-a-way, this-a-way.
Lord, I can't go back home this-a-way.

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