I 've Been Everywhere - Wikipedia I 've Been Everywhere This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2011 ) Megalong Valley `` I 've Been Everywhere '' is a song which was written by Australian country singer Geoff Mack in 1959, and made popular by Lucky Starr in 1962. The song as originally written listed Australian towns. It was later adapted by Australian singer Rolf Harris with English and Scottish toponyms ( 1963 ), and by John Hore ( later known as John Grenell ) with New Zealand toponyms ( 1966 ). In 1962, the song was a number - one US country hit for Hank Snow. The song was also recorded by Lynn Anderson ( US 1970 ), Asleep at the Wheel ( US 1973 ), Johnny Cash ( US 1996 ), Ted Egan, the `` Farrelly Brothers '' from the television series The Aunty Jack Show ( Australia 1974, a parody version, on the album Aunty Jack Sings Wollongong ), John Grenell ( NZ 1966 ), Mike Ford ( Canada, 2005 ), The Sunny Cowgirls and the Statler Brothers. Harvey Reid also included the song in his Dreamer or Believer album. Also recorded by Kacey Musgraves on her album Movin ' On ( 2003 ). Original singer Lucky Starr released an EP called `` Lucky 's Been Everywhere '', which contained four different versions : United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Contents 1 Australian version 2 North American version 3 New Zealand version 4 Great Britain and Ireland version 5 Other notable versions 6 Other uses 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links Australian version Some of the locations in the Australian version The Australian version starts : `` Well, I was humpin ' my bluey on the dusty Oodnadatta road, When along came a semi with a high and canvas - covered load, ' If you 're goin ' to Oodnadatta, mate, um, with me you can ride, ' so I climbed in the cabin, and I settled down inside, He asked me if i 'd seen a road with so much dust and sand, I said listen mate, I 've travelled every road in this here land. ' Cause... '' The toponyms listed are : Verse 1 Tullamore, Seymour, Lismore, Mooloolaba, Nambour, Maroochydore, Kilmore, Murwillumbah, Birdsville, Emmaville, Wallaville, Cunnamulla, Condamine, Strathpine, Proserpine, Ulladulla, Darwin, Gin Gin, Deniliquin, Muckadilla, Wallumbilla, Boggabilla, Kumbarilla. Verse 2 Moree, Taree, Jerilderie, Bambaroo, Toowoomba, Gunnedah, Caringbah, Woolloomooloo, Dalveen, Tamborine, Engadine, Jindabyne, Lithgow, Casino, Brigalow, Narromine, Megalong, Wyong, Tuggerawong, Wanganella, Morella, Augathella, Brindabella Verse 3 Wollongong, Geelong, Kurrajong, Mullumbimby, Mittagong, Cooranbong, Grong Grong, Goondiwindi, Yarra Yarra, Bouindarra, Wallangarra, Turramurra, Boggabri, Gundagai, Narrabri, Tibooburra, Gulgong, Adelong, Billabong, Cabramatta, Parramatta, Wangaratta, Coolangatta Verse 4 Ettalong, Dandenong, Woodenbong, Ballarat, Canberra, Milperra, Unanderra, Captains Flat, Cloncurry, River Murray, Kurri Kurri, Girraween, Terrigal, Fingal, Stockinbingal, Collaroy, Narrabeen, Bendigo, Dorrigo, Bangalow, Indooroopilly, Kirribilli, Yeerongpilly, Wollondilly For some of the above, more than one place in Australia has the same name ( e.g. Coolangatta, Gin Gin, and Fingal ). The links given above are the most famous locations with those names. North American version `` I 've Been Everywhere '' Single by Hank Snow from the album I 've Been Everywhere B - side `` Ancient History '' Released September 1962 Format 7 '' Recorded 27 June 1962 Genre Country Length 2 : 45 Label RCA Victor 47 - 8072 Songwriter ( s ) Geoff Mack Producer ( s ) Chet Atkins Hank Snow singles chronology `` You Take The Future ( And I 'll Take The Past ) '' ( 1962 ) `` I 've Been Everywhere '' ( 1962 ) `` The Man Who Robbed The Bank Of Santa Fe '' ( 1963 ) `` You Take The Future ( And I 'll Take The Past ) '' ( 1962 ) `` I 've Been Everywhere '' ( 1962 ) `` The Man Who Robbed The Bank Of Santa Fe '' ( 1963 ) Geoff Mack 's music publisher offered the song to Canadian - born country musician Hank Snow in 1962. Snow thought the song had potential for the Canadian and American markets, but only if the toponyms were adapted to North America. At his publisher 's urging, Geoff Mack consequently rewrote the song using a North American atlas supplied to him by the publisher. The North American version starts : `` I was totin ' my pack along the dusty Winnemucca road ''. Below are the places mentioned in this version of the song, most of which are in the continent of North America, but four are in Central and South America ( Costa Rica, Barranquilla, Tocopilla, and Argentina ) : First 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. Second verse Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana, Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana, Monterey, Ferriday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa, Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa, Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake, Grand Lake, Devils Lake and Crater Lake. Third verse Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika, Schefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica, Pittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport, Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond du Lac, Davenport, Idaho, Jellico, Argentina, Diamantina, Pasadena and Catalina. Fourth verse Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravelbourg, Colorado, Ellensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado, Larimore, Atmore, Haverstraw, Chatanika, Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika, Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Sioux City, Cedar City and Dodge City. New Zealand version The New Zealand version starts : Well I was hitching a ride on a winding Hokitika road, when along came a lorry... First verse Kaparoa, Whangaroa, Akaroa, Motueka, Taramoa, Benmore, Pongaroa, Horoeka, Riwaka, Rimutaka, Te Karaka, Whangarei, Nuhaka, Waimahaka, Motuhora, Waikaka, Motunui, Hokonui, Papanui, Wainui, Matawai, Rongotai, Pikowai Second verse Woodville, Dargaville, Lumsden, Katikati, Naseby, Cambridge, Porirua, Mangaroa, Hastings, Tikitiki, Tauranga, Auckland, Naenae, Waitaha, Hamilton, Poroporo, Taupo, Timaru, Oamaru, Tihoi, Awanui, Wanganui, Pauanui Third verse Featherston, Palmerston, Woolston, Te Awamutu, Riverton, Queenstown, Picton, Ohinemutu, Morere, Korere, Rotorua, Kaikoura, Matamata, Ruakura, Ikamatua, Papakura, Waitaki, Pukaki, Taranaki, Te Kauwhata, Ropata, Ikowai, Waitemata Fourth verse Ruatoki, Mataura, Taupiri, Maketu, Kyeburn, Sowburn, Wedderburn, Mossburn, Washdyke, Arawhata, Paparoa, Kaponga, Te Aroha, Thames, Kerikeri, Kokoma, Tapanui, Porinui, Tawanui, Otahuhu, Ruatapu, Mosgiel, Whareroa Fifth verse Kapiti, Ngawaka, Onepu, Reporoa, Tongariro, Tomoana, Renwick, Papamoa, Karitane, Oxford, Parihaka, Karetu, Coalgate, Whitecliffs, Urenui, Mamaku, Waimea, Waharoa, Dannevirke, Ngahere, Gordonton, Kingston, Oban Great Britain and Ireland version Lucky Starr 's Great Britain and Ireland version starts : `` I was peddlin ' me bike on a narrow road near Brightlingsea, When along came a lorry and pulled up alongside o ' me, ' Ere chuck your bike up on the back cop and with me you can ride, So I climbed up in the cabin and I settled down inside, He told me of the towns he 'd seen and bashed me ear for several miles, I said ' ere, mug it cop, I 've been to every town in these ' ere isles. '' First verse Bradford, Guildford, Oxford, Littlehampton, Bedford, Chingford, Hereford, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, Canterbury, Aylesbury, Liverpool, Scunthorpe, Sandthorpe, Mablethorpe, Hartlepool, Whitehall, Blackpool, Mildenhall, Davenport, Newport, Southport, Stockport Second verse Farnborough, Edinburgh, Peterborough, Felixstowe, Middlesbrough, Loughborough, Scarborough, Walthamstow, Blackburn, Lisburn, Bannockburn, Derry, Wicklow, Glasgow, Hounslow, Tipperary, Hempstead, Wanstead, Banstead, Woodstock, Bass Rock, Bell Rock, Tilbury Dock Third verse Weymouth, Yarmouth, Bournemouth, Huddersfield, Lewisham, Faversham, Petersham, Chesterfield, Southend, Mile End, Land 's End, Birkenhead, Birmingham, Nottingham, Gillingham, Holyhead, Cambridge, Tonbridge, Knightsbridge, Broadstairs, Edgware, Ross Wear, Carstairs Fourth verse Westminster, Southminster, Kidderminster, Accrington, Eastbourne, Southbourne, Sittingbourne, Paddington, Bolton, Paignton, Stockton, Inverness, Renwick, Brunswick, Chiswick, Dungeness, Mansfield, Sheffield, Enfield, King 's Cross, New Cross, Charing Cross, Banbury Cross Covers of this version were also recorded by the British group The Mudlarks and by Australian singer Rolf Harris, who added a few tongue - twisting Welsh placenames but ( humorously ) referred to them as Scottish, found them so hard to pronounce he said, `` Better get back to the English version, '' and concluded with the final verse above. Other notable versions Aunty Jack `` I 've been to Wollongong ( x 14 ), Dapto, Wollongong. '' ( Dapto is a suburb of Wollongong. ) Canada Stompin ' Tom Connors adds an extra spoken segment of locations in Ontario and a verse for locations in the Maritimes. He also substitutes Canadian cities, including Halifax and Montreal, at various points in the other verses. Mike Ford, formerly a member of Moxy Früvous, did an all - Canadian version for his album, Canada Needs You, in 2005. Ford 's version includes the fictional town of Melonville, home of SCTV. Canadian comedian Rick Moranis has a version called `` I Ai n't Goin ' Nowhere '' where he sings about why he will not leave his easy chair. Canadian comedy duo MacLean & MacLean wrote a parody entitled `` I 've Seen Pubic Hair. '' It first appeared on their 1976 album Bitter Reality as part of the live piece `` Bland Ole Opry ( Slim Chance, Stretch Marks ) '', and then a studio version with an added verse was featured on their 1980 album Suck Their Way to the Top / Take the `` O '' Out of Country. The song lists various types of pubic hairs that the singer has seen, including ``... great ones, straight ones, on my dinner plate ones, long ones, strong ones, little curly blonde ones, red ones, dead ones, layin ' on the head ones ''. George Fox released his version in 1988. Czechoslovakia ( adapted by Ladislav Vodička ) `` Já tu zemi znám '' Eugene Chadbourne The US entertainer recorded a version on his 1988 album, also entitled I 've Been Everywhere. He starts with Hank Snow 's opening verse and then rattles off city names from all over the world ( including Bogota, Khartoum, and Nairobi ), throws in a gentle poke at Neil Young and Farm Aid, and ends with Eugene declaring only one place he has not been to - Alcatraz. Finland ( adapted by Turo 's Hevi Gee ) `` Oon käyny kaikkialla ''. The singer chats with a train conductor, and gives a list of Finnish places. Germany ( adapted by Jackie Leven ) `` I was walking down the Ku'damm in the City of Berlin. '' Complete with an entire verse of Baden - Baden. Published on the 2007 album Oh What A Blow That Phantom Dealt Me ! Louisiana ( adapted by Choupique ) The Cajun band Choupique recorded and performed a version of the song that listed places and communities in Louisiana. Springfield 's state ( adapted by Tim Long ) The Simpsons episode `` Mobile Homer '' includes a version of the song listing the following various fictional towns in the series : Springfield, Shelbyville, Ogdenville, Cap City, Ogdenburg, Shelbytown, Spring City, Cap Field, West Springfield, Paris, Rome, and Shelbyville Adjacent. Texas ( adapted By Brian Burns ) `` I was totin ' my pack along the dusty Amarillo road ''. Houston ( adapted By Hayes Carll ) `` I been to Houston, Houston, Houston, Houston... ''. New York City ( adapted by Cody Marshall ) Award - winning parodist and comedian Cody Marshall recorded and performed a version of the song that listed places and communities in New York. World ( adapted By Medeski Martin and Wood ) `` This jazz group made a children - oriented version titled ' Let 's Go Everywhere ', using city names from all over the world. '' Other uses Kris Kristofferson also did an abbreviated version in the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid during his escape scene. In October 2003, the publisher Rightsong Music BMI granted permission to Frank Loconto to write new lyrics and title for the 2004 presidential campaign of Bob Graham. Title : `` I 've Done Every Job, Man '' commemorating the more than 300 ' workdays ' performed by Graham during his 30 plus years of public service to the people of Florida. The song recorded by Frank Loconto FXL Records was included in a promotional CD Bob Graham Charisma Album 2004. Australian Peter Harris visited all the locations in the Australian version of `` I 've Been Everywhere '' between December 2009 and July 2011. A record of his trip is located here. In 2010, the Swedish band Movits ! used the track for one of the episodes of their US tour movie, First We Take Manhattan. Bruce Springsteen used the song as a snippet for `` Light of Day '' during his 1999 - 2000 Reunion tour. Notes Jump up ^ ' humpin ' my bluey ' here means carrying my sleeping bag References ^ Jump up to : Rolf Harris : : : Ive Been Everywhere ( with Rolf 's lyrics ). 16 April 2009 -- via YouTube. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 324. Jump up ^ Video on YouTube Jump up ^ `` Song takes man nearly everywhere - ABC News ( Australian Broadcasting Corporation ) ''. Abc.net.au. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2011 - 12 - 10. Jump up ^ `` ladislav vodicka - ja tu zemi znam ''. YouTube. 2008 - 02 - 19. Retrieved 2013 - 08 - 06. Jump up ^ `` I 've been everywhere, man ! Visiting all 94 places in Australia, one town at a time ''. Ivebeeneverywhere.com.au. 2009 - 12 - 09. Retrieved 2013 - 08 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Om resor, turism, flyg, charter och hotell - First we take Manhattan ''. Firstwetakemanhattan.se. 2013 - 04 - 08. Retrieved 2013 - 08 - 06. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Hank Snow Studio albums C.B. Atkins & C.E. Snow by Special Request ( 1969 ) Compilation albums The Hits Of Hank Snow ( 1978 ) Collaboration albums Reminiscing ( 1964 ) Notable singles `` I 'm Moving On '' `` The Golden Rocket '' `` The Rhumba Boogie '' `` I Went to Your Wedding '' `` ( Now and Then There 's ) A Fool Such as I '' `` I Do n't Hurt Anymore '' `` Let Me Go, Lover ! 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Question: who wrote the song i've been everywhere
Answer: Australian country singer Geoff Mack