Gotta Travel On

"Gotta Travel On" is an American folksong. The earliest known version was printed in Carl Sandburg's The American Songbag in 1927 under the title "Yonder Comes the High Sheriff" and several variations were recorded in the 1920s, but the best known version is credited to Paul Clayton, The Weavers, Larry Ehrlich, and Dave Lazer and was first recorded by Pete Seeger in 1958.

"Gotta Travel On"
Single by Billy Grammer
B-side"Chasing a Dream"
ReleasedOctober 1958
GenreCountry
Length2:24
LabelMonument
Songwriter(s)Paul Clayton, The Weavers, Larry Ehrlich, Dave Lazer
Billy Grammer singles chronology
"Gotta Travel On"
(1958)
"Bonaparte's Retreat"
(1959)

A recording by Billy Grammer reached #4 on the U.S. pop chart, #5 on the U.S. country chart, #6 in Australia, and #14 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1959. The recording ranked #53 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1959.

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