A traditional Appalachian song popularised by the Stanley Brothers; Dylan's early arrangement appears on his 1962 debut album.
The words
A wanderer who has known nothing but trouble says farewell to his home and the people he loved.
The speaker is a man marked by sorrow all his life, about to leave the place he grew up and go wandering. It unfolds as a farewell, each verse another goodbye to home, friends and a sweetheart he may never see again. Dylan slows it down and sings it with a mournful drawl over guitar and harmonica, turning a mountain lament into something closer to a blues.
A traditional song
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
A wanderer who has known nothing but trouble says farewell to his home and the people he loved.
The speaker is a man marked by sorrow all his life, about to leave the place he grew up and go wandering. It unfolds as a farewell, each verse another goodbye to home, friends and a sweetheart he may never see again. Dylan slows it down and sings it with a mournful drawl over guitar and harmonica, turning a mountain lament into something closer to a blues.
A traditional song
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1962
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