" 500 Miles " (also known as " 500 Miles Away from Home " or " Railroaders' Lament ") is a song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics …

This now classic folk song, "500 Miles", written by American folksinger and songwriter.

“500 Miles” (also known as “500 Miles Away from Home” or “Railroaders' Lament”) was made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival.

Bobby Bare "500 Miles Away From Home": I'm five hundred miles away from home. Teardrops fell on mama's note when I read the things she wrot...

Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home. Lord I can't go a-home this a-way. You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles. Late in 1963, Joni wrote out a list of 28 songs in her repertoire- of which this …

The song 500 Miles Away from Home was written by Bobby Bare, Charlie Williams [US1], [Traditional] and Hedy West and was first recorded and released by Bobby Bare in 1963.

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