It was the opening number of his electric set at Newport in 1965.
The words
A worker announces he is done laboring for a bossy family that treats him as property.
A worker announces that he will no longer labor on Maggie's farm. In each verse he describes one member of the family that runs it: a brother who underpays and fines him, a father who bullies, a mother who lectures. He sings that he tries to be himself while they want him to be like them, so he is leaving. The refrain is a flat refusal, driven home by a loud, pounding electric band.
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The words
A worker announces he is done laboring for a bossy family that treats him as property.
A worker announces that he will no longer labor on Maggie's farm. In each verse he describes one member of the family that runs it: a brother who underpays and fines him, a father who bullies, a mother who lectures. He sings that he tries to be himself while they want him to be like them, so he is leaving. The refrain is a flat refusal, driven home by a loud, pounding electric band.
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