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05 Apr 00 - 09:56 AM (#206975) Subject: Five hundred miles away from home From: RugbyGuy Looking for the lyrics to a country song called "Five hundred miles away from home". It is not the one listed on Mudcat by Hedy West. Unfortunetely I do not know who wrote it. |
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05 Apr 00 - 10:08 AM (#206983) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Five hundred miles away from home From: Mbo Rugby, would this possible be it? Hope it's what you're looking for! --Mbo |
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05 Apr 00 - 10:38 AM (#206994) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Five hundred miles away from home From: Amos This tune, done differently by the infamous PP and M, also has a French version with different lyrics. I am not sure of the provenance of it, but from the sound of it is just an adaptation of the PPM hit. It goes, in part: Je pouvais t'imaginer Toute seule, abandonée, Sur le quai, dans le cahu des au revoirs Et j'entends siffler le train J'entends siffler le train, Comme c'est triste un train qui siffle Dans le soir. Rough translation: I could imagine you, alone and abandoned In the chaos of farewells on the platform And I hear that train whistle blow, And I hear that train whistle blow, And the whistle in the evening seems so sad. Rhymes better in French! A |
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05 Apr 00 - 10:58 AM (#207013) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Five hundred miles away from home From: Mary in Kentucky RugbyGuy, would it possibly be Ten Thousand Miles? Check the DT for Turtle Dove and Ten Thousand Miles. I love these words, but they are a little different from yours.
It's fare you well my own true love
Which brings me to a question I've asked three times now and just can't seem to get a handle on it: Anybody know the various versions of 1) A Thousand Miles 2) Five Hundred (or Thousand) Miles 3) Ten Thousand Miles Mary PS You might even search for A Hundred Miles to find the tune you're familiar with. |
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05 Apr 00 - 02:05 PM (#207151) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Five hundred miles away from home From: GUEST,aldus You wouldn't be thinking about a country music song of that name... I seem to reacll that it was sung by Bobby Bear[sic]... not suer who wrote it. |
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05 Apr 00 - 02:37 PM (#207176) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Five hundred miles away from home From: Sandy Paton The distance varies to ten thousand miles, but you might want to look at "Danville Girl" in the DT. There are several versions. Sandy |
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05 Apr 00 - 02:56 PM (#207185) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Five hundred miles away from home From: Doctor John Woody & Cisco have Nine Hundred Miles. Dr John |
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05 Apr 00 - 05:01 PM (#207261) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Five hundred miles away from home From: Richard Bridge Two come to mind - or partly to mind since I ahve drink taken! One has a chorus Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three,Lord I'm four, Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home. I don't know much of that one. The other starts "Riding on a southbound train Salty tears are in my eyes Trying to read a letter from my home If this train runs right I'll be home on Monday night And I'm five (or nine, heard both) miles from my home And I hate to hear that lonesome whistle moan " Is that it? If I think really hard I might remember most of the rest of it. It came from a book I had at school, but I think the publishers went bust, and my stepson "borrowed" the book and that was that. |
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06 Apr 00 - 10:22 AM (#207661) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Five hundred miles away from home From: RugbyGuy Hey Mbo: Thank you much. I've heard this song long time ago. Just the other day I was flipping channels and on a public access station I caught this guy singing this song. I believe he was the original song writer. I what you gave me is it - thank you very much. |
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03 Jul 18 - 02:41 AM (#3934899) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Five hundred miles away from home From: GUEST,Buffalo Along the same lines , , , Teardrops fell on Mama's note When I read the words she wrote We miss you, son, we love you; come on home Didn't take me long to pack Had it all right on my back But I was five hundred miles away from home Lord,I'm one . . . etc. |
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03 Jul 18 - 01:12 PM (#3935034) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Five hundred miles away from home From: Gda Music I certainly remember Dinah Shore with her recording of *Ten Thousand Miles*. (1951) Great vocal but unable to find many details regarding this pleasant song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYmiffPMUho GJ |
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04 Jul 18 - 01:43 PM (#3935264) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Five hundred miles away from home From: Tattie Bogle It's been a long time a-comin' but here's what I have for the English language version and the French. Think I was still in school - long, long time ago when Richard Anthony brought out the French version - "swoon"!. You'll see that in the English language version both ONE hundred and FIVE hundred miles are mentioned. 500 Miles by John Phillips and Hedy West Recorded by The Journeymen/Peter, Paul and Mary 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. Lord I’m one, lord I’m two, lord I’m three, lord I’m four, Lord I’m 500 miles away from home. 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles Lord I’m five hundred miles from my home. Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name Lord I can’t go a-home this a-way This a-away, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way, Lord I can’t go a-home this a-way. If you miss the train I’m on you will know that I am gone You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. J’entends Siffler le Train Richard Anthony J'ai pensé qu'il valait mieux Nous quitter sans un adieu. Je n'aurais pas eu la peine de te revoir... Mais j'entends siffler le train, {2x} Que c’est triste un train qui siffle dans le soir... Je pouvais t'imaginer, toute seule, abandonnée Sur le quai, dans la cohue des "au revoir". Et j'entends siffler le train, {2x} Que c'est triste un train qui siffle dans le soir... J'ai failli courir vers toi, j'ai failli crier vers toi. C'est à peine si j'ai pu me retenir ! Que c'est loin où tu t'en vas, {2x} Auras-tu jamais le temps de revenir ? J'ai pensé qu'il valait mieux Nous quitter sans un adieu, Mais je sens que maintenant tout est fini ! Et j'entends siffler le train, {2x} J'entendrai siffler ce train toute ma vie... {2x} |
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04 Jul 18 - 02:38 PM (#3935274) Subject: ADD Version: 500 Miles Away from Home (Bobby Bare) From: Joe Offer Back in 2000, Mbo posted a link to this text, and the OP said this was the song he/she was seeking. The target of the link is long gone, but I was able to find it at archive.org. But since links have a tendency to go dead, it's best to post lyrics instead of linking to them. Date: 2/3/98; 11:49:08 AM From: "Christensen, LeonW" Subject: 500 Miles Away From Home By Bobby Bare 500 Miles Away From Home Recorded By Bobby Bare (The chords shown seem to work ok, but there may be some chord changes missing. The version by Peter, Paul and Mary has more chord changes, as well as different lyrics). 500 Miles Away From Home (Bare, Williams) I'm five hundred miles away from home Teardrops fell on mama's note, when I read the things she wrote She said "We miss you son, we love you, come on home" Well I didn't have to pack, I had it all right on my back Now I'm five hundred miles away from home CHORUS: Away from home, away from home Cold and tired and all alone Yes I'm five hundred miles away from home (Spoken) I know this is the same road I took when I left home But it sure looks different now And I guess I look different too But time changes everything I wonder what they'll say, When they see their boy lookin' this way (Sung) Oh, I wonder what they'll say when I get home (Change to key of D - D,A7,G,Bm) Can't remember when I ate, it's just thumb and walk and wait And I'm still five hundred miles away from home But if my luck had been just right, I'd be with them all tonight But I'm still five hundred miles away from home Repeat chorus (In Key of G) Oh, I'm still five hundred miles away from home
Lyrics corrected according to this Bobby Bare recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfAmLz5Evxo |
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04 Jul 18 - 03:44 PM (#3935282) Subject: RE: Req: Five hundred miles away from home (Bare) From: Tattie Bogle Tanks Joe: I did realise that the OP wasn't asking for the Hedy West song, and that that other link was dead, but since other Mudcatters referred to other versions, thought I'd put up what I had. Great that, 18 years on, we now have all these lyrics. (And did anyone mention the Proclaimers......??) |
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05 Jul 18 - 11:26 AM (#3935470) Subject: RE: Req: Five hundred miles away from home (Bare) From: leeneia Here's a video of another song, this one Nine Hundred Miles. Listen to the whistle blowing in the voices at 1:30 Minstrels I don't care for the voices here, but the song is a good one and I like to sing it. |