TRACK TALK #434 Dink's Song

DINK'S SONG
ALBUM : The Bootleg Series Vol.7: No Direction Home (2005)
Recorded : 22 Décembre 1961
Released : 30 Août 2005

Plus connue sous le nom de "Fare Thee Well", il s'agit d'une folk song particulièrement populaire lors du revival folk new-yorkais.
Elle fut interprétée notamment par Dave Van Ronk, Fred Neil, Pete Seeger et Cisco Houston.
La version de Dylan publiée sur le "Bootleg Series Vol.7" est une démo extraite de la "Minnesota Hotel Tape" enregistrée en 1961.

Première performance live : New York (30 Septembre 1961)
Dernière performance live : Gatesville (15 Mai 1976)
Total : 3 fois.



Lyrics
If I had wings
Like Noah’s Dove
I’d fly the river
To the one I love
Fare thee well, my honey
Fare thee well

I had a man
Who was long and tall
Moved his body
Like a cannonball
Fare thee well, my honey
Fare thee well

‘Member one evening
Was drizzling rain
And ‘round my heart
I felt an aching pain
Fare thee well, my honey
Fare thee well

Once I wore
My apron low
Couldn’t keep you
Away from my door
Fare thee well, my honey
Fare thee well

Now my apron
Is up to my chin
You pass my door
But you never come in
Fare thee well, my honey
Fare thee well

Oh, mighty river
Runs muddy and wild
Can’t care the bloody
For my unborn child
Fare thee well, my honey
Fare thee well

Number 9 train
Won’t do no harm
Number 9 train
Take my poor baby home
Fare thee well, my honey
Fare thee well

Fastest man
I ever saw
Skipped Missouri
On the way to Arkansas
Fare thee well, my honey
Fare thee well