Monday, September 24, 2018

Folk Songs Always Go Backward

Bob Dylan's song....



was based on a 19th-C ballad, sometimes referred to as Lord Franklin, sometimes as Lady Franklin's Lament.



I prefer what Dylan did with it, and prefer Peter, Paul, and Mary's harmonising arrangement even more.
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3 comments:

  1. RichardJohnson3:07 AM

    Another example:

    Woody Guthrie: Sinking of the Reuben James

    Wildwood Flower

    Getting out of folk-folk: Redwing's tune came from Schubert's Happy Farmer.

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  2. Texan991:42 PM

    I was partial to the Pentangle version. Harmony appears in the 3d verse: https://youtu.be/ysFKjWG_W54

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  3. RichardJohnson2:56 PM

    The PP&M version has the best video- hands down.

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