I've Been Everywhere

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The song I've Been Everywhere was written by Geoff Mack in 1959 and popularized in 1962 by Australian singer Lucky Starr. In the same year, the piece was a No. 1 hit on the US country charts for Hank Snow .

He was then by numerous artists such as Lynn Anderson (USA 1970), Asleep at the Wheel (USA 1973), John Grenell (New Zealand 1966), Mike Ford (Canada, 2005), Rolf Harris (GB 1963), the Statler Brothers , Willie Nelson and covered by Johnny Cash in 1996 for his album Unchained .

The cash version of the title was used in the opening credits of The Flight of the Phoenix .

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The song is originally a listing of several Australian cities, in later versions there are North American and New Zealand cities.

The North American version begins with I was totin 'my pack along the dusty Winnemucca road , then the following places in North America are sung about:

  1. Verse: Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota, Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma, Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma, Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo, Tocopilla, Barranquilla and Padilla.
  2. Verse: Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana, Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana, Monterey, Faraday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa, Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa, Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake, Grand Lake, Devils Lake and Crater Lake.
  3. Verse: Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika, Schefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa-Rica, Richfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport, Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond Du Lac, Davenport, Idaho, Jellico, Argentine, Diamantina, Pasadena and Catalina.
  4. Verse: Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravelbourg, Colorado, Ellensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, El Dorado, Larimore, Atmore, Haverstraw, Chatanika, Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika, Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Sioux City, Cedar City and Dodge City.

There is also a version of the Scottish singer Jackie Leven who enumerates a number of German cities.