Dylan re-recorded his 1963 song as a duet with Johnny Cash in Nashville, and it opens the album.
The words
Two old voices recall a lost love up north and ask a traveler to check that she is warm and well.
Two singers send a request with someone heading north: look in on a woman one of them once loved and make sure she is safe and comfortable. The song is tender and wistful rather than bitter, a memory of a love that ended long ago but still matters. Here Dylan and Johnny Cash trade and share the verses, their voices not always in step, which gives the duet a loose, warm, unpolished charm. The backing is a gentle Nashville country arrangement.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
Two old voices recall a lost love up north and ask a traveler to check that she is warm and well.
Two singers send a request with someone heading north: look in on a woman one of them once loved and make sure she is safe and comfortable. The song is tender and wistful rather than bitter, a memory of a love that ended long ago but still matters. Here Dylan and Johnny Cash trade and share the verses, their voices not always in step, which gives the duet a loose, warm, unpolished charm. The backing is a gentle Nashville country arrangement.
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The same year · 1969
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