YSG 的部落格

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 from my home.
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles,
Lord I'm 500 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.

"500 Miles"
Written by Hedy West

It's been quite some time since i was last recalled by an English song.

It is not easy to trace Western songs back because singers love to reperform good old songs, and this is especially true for folk songs ('coz they are less commercial?). It took me a few web searches to find out this piece of information: "500 Miles" was originally recorded by The Journeymen in 1961, but popularized by Peter, Paul & Mary.
When a song has been recorded so many times by so many singers, the lyrics get varied inevitably. It's nice to retrieve the version i listened to, but, if not possible, i have to learn how to let go.