Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)

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Six More Miles (To the Graveyard) is a song written by

"Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)" was one of the earliest songs Hank Williams published as a songwriter; it was one of several compositions that appeared in his self-published song folios in 1945 and 1946.[3] The original version contained a verse not heard in Hank's version: "Left her in that lonely church yard, left my darlin' alone/Now I'm sad, my heart is cryin', as I wander through life alone." Although Williams recorded the song in April 1947, it did not surface until it appeared as the B-side to "I Saw the Light" in September 1948. While the A-side celebrated the joys of salvation, the B-side was its opposite in just about every respect, describing the despairing thoughts of a man who is making his way to the graveyard to bury his deceased lover. Despite the song's dark subject matter, it did share "I Saw the Light's" swift tempo and is also a prime example of how Williams and producer

• Molly O'Day recorded the song, one of the earliest covers of a Hank Williams song.
• The song appears on Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys' 1971 album Something Old, Something New.
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  performed the song with Randy Rose, a persona of The Residents' singer, on the 2020 live album Moravian Meeting, recorded in 2010.
• Mike Ness recorded the song for his second solo album.

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Bibliography

• ISBN 9780316249386
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• Escott, Colin; Merritt, George; MacEwen, William (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. New York: Little, Brown.