“Two Dollar Bill (Long Journey Home)”
Description
Singer has lost "lost all my money but a two dollar bill"; he's homesick, lonesome and blue. He sees the smoke of a train, and says he's on his long journey home.
Notes
This should not be confused with the song composed by Rosa Lee and Doc Watson, "Your Long Journey." - PJS
Cross references
- cf. "Worried Man Blues" (tune)
Recordings
- Jim Eanes, "Long Journey Home" (Blue Ridge 201, n.d.)
- Monroe Brothers, "My Long Journey Home" (Bluebird B-6422, 1936)
- New Lost City Ramblers, "My Long Journey Home" (on NLCR03, NLCRCD1)
References
- Cohen/Seeger/Wood, p. 177, "My Long Journey Home" (1 text, 1 tune)
- BI, CSW177