TRACK TALK #459 The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore

THE GIRL ON THE GREENBRIAR SHORE
ALBUM : The Bootleg Series Vol.8: Tell Tall Signs (2008)
Recorded : 30 Juin 1992
Released : 6 Octobre 2008

Traditionnel popularisé par la Carter Family et qui figura au répertoire scénique de Dylan en 1992.
On peut entendre la version interprétée à Dunkerque sur le "Bootleg Series Vol.8" publié en 2008.

Première performance live : Gothenburg (28 Juin 1992)
Dernière performance live : Dunkerque (30 Juin 1992)
Total : 2 fois.



Lyrics
Twas in the year of '82,
In the springtime of the year,
I left my mother and a home so dear
All for that girl on the greenbriar shore.
My mother, she says, "Son, don't go.
Don't leave me here alone.
Don't leave your mother and a home so dear.
Never trust a girl on the greenbriar shore."

But I was young and reckless too,
And I craved a reckless life.
I left my mother and a home so dear
And I took that girl to be my wife.

Her hair was dark and curly too
And her lovin' eyes were blue;
Her cheeks were like the red red rose
That girl I loved from the greenbriar shore.

The years rolled on and the months rolled by;
She left me all alone.
Now I remember what my momma said,
"Never trust the girl on the greenbriar shore.