From Wikipedia:
"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 offer a lament by a traveller who is far from home, out of money and too ashamed to return.
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2019年,Orla Fallon重新演繹並收錄進她的新專輯《Sweet by and by》- Americana songs of inspiration and hope. Orla的演唱,少了些離鄉背井的悲傷,多了一點希望和撫慰。
"The album begins on a plaintive pace with the 1960s folk revivalist's "500 Miles," a song about a forlorn soldier out of money and ashamed to return home. Fallon brilliantly acts as a foil of comfort for this dispirited soldier with her careful phrasing and her gentle tone.“
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 a-way
This a-way,
This a-way,
This a-way, this a-way,
Lord, I can't go back home this this a-way
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
A hundred miles,
A hundred miles,
A hundred miles,
A hundred miles,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles