Written with Robert Hunter and not the Dolly Parton song of the same name, it is a stomping blues number in the middle of the album.
The words
A swaggering man declares his devotion to a woman named Jolene and boasts of his own power.
The singer is a confident rambler who names his woman as his queen and himself as king, mixing devotion with bravado. The repeated name serves as the song's hook, coming back after every short verse. It is loose and rough, a road-house shuffle with crunching guitar and accordion, and Dylan sings it with a grin in his voice.
Words by Bob Dylan and Robert Hunter
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
A swaggering man declares his devotion to a woman named Jolene and boasts of his own power.
The singer is a confident rambler who names his woman as his queen and himself as king, mixing devotion with bravado. The repeated name serves as the song's hook, coming back after every short verse. It is loose and rough, a road-house shuffle with crunching guitar and accordion, and Dylan sings it with a grin in his voice.
Words by Bob Dylan and Robert Hunter
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 2009
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