An old ballad, also known as Jackaroe, that Joan Baez and the Grateful Dead also recorded; it is the second-to-last track on World Gone Wrong.
The words
A wealthy merchant's daughter disguises herself as a man and follows her sweetheart to war.
A ballad about a rich young woman whose sweetheart is sent off to war against her parents' wishes. She dresses as a man, enlists under a false name and goes after him, finding him wounded on the battlefield and nursing him back to health before they marry. Dylan tells the story briskly and plainly, sounding like a storyteller passing on something old.
A traditional song
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen
The words
A wealthy merchant's daughter disguises herself as a man and follows her sweetheart to war.
A ballad about a rich young woman whose sweetheart is sent off to war against her parents' wishes. She dresses as a man, enlists under a false name and goes after him, finding him wounded on the battlefield and nursing him back to health before they marry. Dylan tells the story briskly and plainly, sounding like a storyteller passing on something old.
A traditional song
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Connections
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The same year · 1993
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