TRACK TALK #373 Fixin' To Die

FIXIN' TO DIE
ALBUM : Bob Dylan (1962)
Recorded : 20-21 Novembre 1961
Released : 19 Mars 1962

Un traditionnel du delta blues enregistré par Bukka White en 1940.
Pour sa version, Dylan change la mélodie et réécrit une partie des paroles.
Elle fut également reprise par Dave Van Ronk et sur scène par Led Zeppelin et Robert Plant.
Unique performance live répertoriée : New York (4 Novembre 1961)



Lyrics
Feeling funny in my mind, Lord,
I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die
Feeling funny in my mind, Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die
Well, I don't mind dying
But I hate to leave my children crying
Well, I look over yonder to that burying ground
Look over yonder to that burying ground
Sure seems lonesome, Lord, when the sun goes down

Feeling funny in my eyes, Lord,
I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die
Feeling funny in my eyes, Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die
Well, I don't mind dying but
I hate to leave my children crying
There's a black smoke rising, Lord
It's rising up above my head, up above my head
It's rising up above my head, up above my head
And tell Jesus make up my dying bed.

I'm walking kind of funny, Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die, fixing to die
Yes I'm walking kind of funny, Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die
Fixing to die, fixing to die
Well, I don't mind dying
But I hate to leave my children crying.

La version de Bukka White en 1940 :



La version de Dylan à la radio en 1962 :