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From Girl from the North Country
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Trad.Greenwich Village
1 of 6Scarborough Fair
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Lent its tune to Boots of Spanish Leather: Like Girl from the North Country, it draws its melody from the Scarborough Fair ballad Dylan learned from Martin Carthy.
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1963Greenwich Village
2 of 6Girl from the North Country
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Where you started.
↓ the same year
1963Greenwich Village
3 of 6Down The Highway
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Same theme as Boots of Spanish Leather: Both grew out of the months Suze Rotolo spent in Italy, one a lonesome blues about her going and the other a farewell to a lover sailing away.
↓ 1 year later
1964Greenwich Village
4 of 6Boots of Spanish Leather
The Times They Are a-Changin'
Borrowed the tune of Scarborough Fair: Like Girl from the North Country, it draws its melody from the Scarborough Fair ballad Dylan learned from Martin Carthy.
↓ 5 years later
1969Basement and Country
5 of 6Girl From the North Country
Nashville Skyline
A new recording of Girl from the North Country: Six years later he sang it again as a duet with Johnny Cash, opening Nashville Skyline.
↓ 6 years later
1975Blood on the Tracks
6 of 6If You See Her, Say Hello
Blood on the Tracks
Same theme as Girl from the North Country: In both the singer asks someone else to carry his greetings to a woman he has lost.