Written by the Californian blues and one-man-band performer Jesse Fuller, it opens Dylan's first album, played on acoustic guitar and harmonica.
The words
A man complains, half in fun, about a woman who has done him nothing but wrong.
A lover's grievance played for laughs: the singer lists the ways a woman has treated him badly and decides she is simply no good. It moves fast, with little build, each verse another complaint thrown off with a grin. Dylan's version is loose and rough-voiced, a young singer hamming up an older man's blues. It sets the tone for an album of borrowed songs sung with more nerve than polish.
Words by Jesse Fuller
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
A man complains, half in fun, about a woman who has done him nothing but wrong.
A lover's grievance played for laughs: the singer lists the ways a woman has treated him badly and decides she is simply no good. It moves fast, with little build, each verse another complaint thrown off with a grin. Dylan's version is loose and rough-voiced, a young singer hamming up an older man's blues. It sets the tone for an album of borrowed songs sung with more nerve than polish.
Words by Jesse Fuller
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗The same year · 1962
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