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See wikipedia. But her working-class mountain roots were in her voice and ran through everything she sang, highlighting the lives of marginalized blue-collar women including factory workers, servants, and single mothers.She moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s, where she continued singing and later married.

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Die Ballade hat eine melancholische Grundstimmung und handelt von einem Eisenbahner, der immer viel zu lange von zu Hause fort ist. She studied composition with Cancer ruined her voice in her last years.

West was of the same generation as Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and others of the American folk music revival.

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Lloyd as "far and away the best of American girl singers in the revival."



In this interview, Don West states he was the preacher at Barney Graham's funeral: Oral History Interview with Don West, January 22, 1975. West was of the same generation as Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and others of the American folk music revival.

She belonged to the same generation of folk revivalists as Joan Baez and Judy Collins.







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She was described by the English folk musician A.L. It was adapted from I'm Nine Hundred Miles Away from Home (Hedy West and [Traditional]).

500 Miles (Hedy West) 1.Strophe If you G miss the train I'm Em on, you will Am know that I am C gone, you can Am hear the whistle C blow a hundred D miles.



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Hedy West (April 6, 1938 – July 3, 2005) was an American folksinger and songwriter. Get track 152







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"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.

Hedy West (April 6, 1938 – July 3, 2005) was an American folksinger and songwriter.



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One is "Tiễn em lần cuối" ("Send You Off for the Last Time") sung by Trung Hanh, another one is "Người tình ngàn dặm" ("Thousands-mile-away Lover") sung by Phillips, John: Papa John. Do you know any background info about this track? Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

West was of the same generation as Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and others of the American folk music revival… West composed "500 Miles" based on songs she had heard from her grandmother,and though the number was covered and made famous by harmonizing pop-folk groups of the era like The Journeymen, Peter Paul and Mary, and the Kingston Trio, the purity of West's heritage from the mountains of the southeastern U.S. shines through in her own performance.





Carden, Gary, "Hedy West in Cullowhee, NC circa 1957," 500 Miles Lyrics.



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