I've Been Everywhere - Other Versions

Other Versions

Alaska (adapted by Michael Faubion)

I got my snow machine stuck out on that windy Atmautluak trail.

Aunty Jack

I've been to Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong, Wollongong,...

The Beer Song adapted by Doug Moreland (2000)

"Pabst Blue Ribbon, Old Samuel Adams, Bud Light, Corona, Foster’s, and Heineken, Nor don Blonde, got the girl on the front, If Homer were here he’d be drinking that Duff, Grolsch, and Guinness, and I ain’t finished I’ve drank a lot of beer."

Beers adapted by Jon Chalmers

"Scaeffer, Shiner, Horlacher, Heffenreffer, Coopers, Kruegers, Kingfisher, Knickerbocker, Fosters, Fullers, Lucky Lager, Silver Thunder, Miller, Paulener, Boulder, Old Peculiar, Rheingold, Michelob, Strohs, Grolsch, Guinness Gold, Yuengling, Carling, Youngs, and Little Kings..."

Belgium

Wies Willems, singer-songwriter from Vorselaar-Gent, wrote a cover in Dutch, in which he uses different places in Belgium. The song is performed by "The Lost Highwayknights."

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.

Canadian comedian Rick Moranis has a version called "I Ain't Goin' Nowhere" where he sings on why he won't leave his easy chair.

Czechoslovakia (adapted by Ladislav Vodička)

Já tu zemi znám

Eugene Chadbourne 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 that there's only one place he hasn't been to--Alcatraz.

Faroe Islands

Used as soundtrack in a commercial for a broadband internet service (Eitt), listing places in the Faroe Islands where the service is available (all). The commercial is often called "Eitt er allastaðni" because of the chorus. Some places mentioned: Tjørnuvík, Dalur, Sandur, Mikladalur, Fuglafjørður, Skarvanes, Sandavágur, Oyri, Froðba.

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!"

Pennsylvania (adapted by Earl Pickens)

"I was totin' my pack along the old Conshohocken Road."

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....

Scotland (adapted By Charlene McGowan)

I was totin' my pack along a winding Highland Mountain Road

World (adapted By Medeski Martin and Wood)

This jazz group made a children-oriented version using city names from all over the world.