Picked up a Nanci Griffith CD with a cover of this song. Simply beautiful.
Great sonics too, HDCD encoded.

Nanci Griffith
Yarrington Town


(Mickie Merkens)
I packed up my suitcase
Pulled down my old bedroll
And I started to wander
Far from my home
And the time it passed quickly
And the days seemed to he hours
Far from your city
And Yarrington Town

Well, I wandered through the midnights
Of sea-bordered bar lights
And I wandered through the forests
As deep as the sea
But I never got lonesome
Until I'd hear a sad song
One to remind me of Yarrington Town

Well I followed a miner
To his home in the North woods
And he promised to love me
As long as I'd stay
And I even saw lightning
Touch a stone in the mine field
Could not touch the lightning
In Yarrington Town

So I packed up my suitcase
I pulled out my old bedroll
And I started to wander
On back to my home
And the time it passed slowly
And the days seemed to be years
Far from your city
And Yarrington Town
I'm going home to your city
And Yarrington Town

I only got one Vinyl from Nanci _ One Fair Summer Evening.
It's an acoustic live performance but, it don't have that song.

clint.

This often overlooked song is on an album called "Other Voices Too (A Trip To Bountiful)". This 1998 release is often maligned by critics, and yes I must say it's rather "strange" with some uneasy harmonies specially between Nanci and her special guests.

However, it's worth getting just for this song.

Best,
crooner