A traditional murder ballad descended from the old British ballad known as "Young Hunting", it is the second track on World Gone Wrong.
The words
A jealous woman kills the man who means to leave her for another, and a bird witnesses the crime.
An old ballad of love turned to murder: a man arrives to tell a woman he loves someone else, and she kills him and hides his body. A talking bird has seen everything and refuses to keep her secret. Dylan sings it slowly and flatly, letting the cold facts carry the horror. It is just his worn voice and a single acoustic guitar.
A traditional song
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen
The words
A jealous woman kills the man who means to leave her for another, and a bird witnesses the crime.
An old ballad of love turned to murder: a man arrives to tell a woman he loves someone else, and she kills him and hides his body. A talking bird has seen everything and refuses to keep her secret. Dylan sings it slowly and flatly, letting the cold facts carry the horror. It is just his worn voice and a single acoustic guitar.
A traditional song
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Connections
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