The country music classic “I’ve Been Everywhere” was first recorded by
Lucky Starr in Australia in 1962, then later adapted
by Hank Snow, various other artists, and eventually the great Johnny Cash. The lyrics begin:
I was toting my pack along the dusty Winnemucca road
When along came a semi with a high an’ canvas-covered load
“If you’re goin’ to Winnemucca, Mack, with me you can ride.”
And so I climbed into the cab and then I settled down inside
He asked me if I’d seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, “Listen, I’ve traveled every road in this here land!”
I’ve been everywhere, man
I’ve been everywhere, man
Crossed the desert’s bare, man
I’ve breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I’ve had my share, man
I’ve been everywhere
I’ve been to:
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, I’m a killer
I’ve been to:
Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana
Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana
Monterey, Faraday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa
Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa
Tennessee, Tennessee, Chicopee, Spirit Lake
Grand Lake, Devil’s Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete’s sake
And that’s not all of the locations the narrator travels to. If you
chart and connect all of the destinations mentioned in the song —
as Iain Mullan has done in this handy, dynamic map
— you’ll find that the singer covers some 112,515 miles (or 181,075
kilometers). Even better, you can watch the travels take place in
real-time on a Google map.
Just click play, and you will be on your way.
For more travels on a Google map, don’t miss our recent post:
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