Story
This was the first song recorded formally by Mel & Mel. Their CBS A&R manager set up a morning recording session at the famous Gallo Recording Studios in Johannesburg during the Southern winter of June 1964. The record company saw the duo as a South African version of Peter & Gordon, and so their friends and CBS recording artists, Johnny Sharpe & the Squires backed them up on this very recognizable tune by Hedy West, and also on a cover of "Sorrow & Pain" by the UK's Unit 4+2.
Lyrics
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!