其中最為樂迷認識的就是 "500 MILES", 原曲是女歌手 Hedy West (1938-2005) 1961年的作品, 她稱此曲自幼時耳聞於袓母, 後重新編撰曲詞, 由 Atzal Music, Inc. 首得版權, 並由樂隊 "The Journeymen" 正式錄音發行面世, 1962年二月再被 "Kingston Trio" 在一次大學演唱會的 Live Album 收錄, 同年五月再由 "Peter, Paul & Mary" 一唱而紅, 令更熾熱成家喻戶曉的民歌之一。1963年, 美國民歌手 "Bobby Bare" 的版本"500 Miles Away From Home" 加上獨白, 亦被樂迷歡迎, 一別, 一回, 各有感人神傷之處。
500 MILES - HEDY WEST - 1963 VERSION
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 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 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.
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
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 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 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.
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.
BOBBY BARE - 1963
500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME - BOBBY BARE
I'm 500 miles away from home
Teardrops fell on momma'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 500 miles away from home
Away from home away from home
Cold and tired and all alone
Yes, I'm 500 miles away from home
I know this is the same road I took the day I left home,
But it sure looks different now.
And I guess I look different too, cause time changes everything.
I wonder what they'll say, when they see their boy looking this bad.
Oh I wonder what they'll say when I get home
Can't remember when I ate
It's just thumb and walk and wait
And I'm still 500 miles away from home
If my luck had been just right
I'd be with them all tonight
But I'm 500 miles away from home
Away from home away from home
Oh I'm still 500 miles away from home
Teardrops fell on momma'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 500 miles away from home
Away from home away from home
Cold and tired and all alone
Yes, I'm 500 miles away from home
I know this is the same road I took the day I left home,
But it sure looks different now.
And I guess I look different too, cause time changes everything.
I wonder what they'll say, when they see their boy looking this bad.
Oh I wonder what they'll say when I get home
Can't remember when I ate
It's just thumb and walk and wait
And I'm still 500 miles away from home
If my luck had been just right
I'd be with them all tonight
But I'm 500 miles away from home
Away from home away from home
Oh I'm still 500 miles away from home
最早成為主流的版本:
"I'm Nine Hundred Miles Away From Home" - Traditional - 1924 Fiddlin' John Carson
"900 Miles" - 1953 Cisco Houston
"Nine Hundred Miles" - 1960 Casey Anderson
"500 Miles" 1961 Hedy West
"500 Miles Away From Home" 1963 Bobby Bare, Charles Williams
"Pitkät Illat" - written by Sauvo Puhtila - Finnish
"500 Miles" written by Hedy West's version in other languages
Eindelijk alleen - written by Benny Neyman - Dutch
Et J'entends siffler le train - written by Jacques Plante - French
Und dein Zug fährt durch die Nacht - written by Peter Beil - German
Ik hoor nog steeds dat lied... - written by Jan De Vuyst - Dutch
Så længe du elsker er du ung - written by Gustav Winckler - Danish
2012年 Santiano 的航海版本 "500 Meilen"