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Pau.c

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Sep 20, 2009
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a mate of mine posted this on another forum and has had no luck

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right bit strange

my father in law sings a song to my daugher when he gets her to sleep

its an old cowboy song called twenty miles to nowere

cant find who it is but she now requestes it every night at bed time

all i know is the one line is

twenty miles to nowere and ive lost my shoe

please help people
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anyone know it?
 
A quick Google turns up some references to the song, but no lyrics or clips that I can see. It appears to be a bit of an old and obscure one, a chap called Arthur Tracey appears to have done a version, as did a Harry Torrani, who was famed as one of the world's leading yodelers.

Forgive the daft question but... couldn't your friend just ask his/her father-in-law about it?
 
his father in law does not know about it just knows the song
 
There's an album of Torrani's work here which includes the song – it's a German site (I don't know where you're based) but it's not a webshop, you have to email for a price list and then order it from them.

Alternatively, given that we now know the artist and an album the song is on your friend could always try to see if it's something one of his local record emporiums could order in for him.
 
i'm in wales! next door, hmmm he only needs this one song to play to his daughter to go to sleep, he would have loved it on youtube so he can just stick his Macbook next to her for her to fall to sleep!
 
i'm in wales! next door, hmmm he only needs this one song to play to his daughter to go to sleep, he would have loved it on youtube so he can just stick his Macbook next to her for her to fall to sleep!
I've had a cursory look on there, but unfortunately I've not been able to track it down. There are a few songs of his on there, but Twenty Miles To Nowhere doesn't seem to be among them.
 
found one on itunes by torrani!

79p, i think he can manage that!
 
neither did i but i was on my ipod touch and i thought i wonder? haha
 
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