A traditional cowboy song, near the end of Good as I Been to You, which Dylan also sang in the film Masked and Anonymous.
The words
A hired hand complains about working for a stingy, cruel boss and longs to get away from him.
The narrator has signed on to work for a man named Diamond Joe, and soon regrets it: the food is poor, the pay is meagre and the work is hard. He tells his story with a wry, weary humour, warning others not to make his mistake and dreaming of escape. It is an old western work song of grievance. Dylan sings it solo in a rugged voice over a steady strum.
A traditional song
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen
The words
A hired hand complains about working for a stingy, cruel boss and longs to get away from him.
The narrator has signed on to work for a man named Diamond Joe, and soon regrets it: the food is poor, the pay is meagre and the work is hard. He tells his story with a wry, weary humour, warning others not to make his mistake and dreaming of escape. It is an old western work song of grievance. Dylan sings it solo in a rugged voice over a steady strum.
A traditional song
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1992
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